Web Link Exercises

Unit 5 Safety Outdoors

Chapter 14, Lesson 2
Injury Prevention
As you play sports and engage in other social activities both indoors and outside, you should always remain safety conscious so you can continue to enjoy these activities without getting hurt. Start by clicking on a physical activity you enjoy. Check out what you can do to make it safer. Create a safety poster for a sport of your choosing.

United States Fire Administration – Kids Page
A large part of fire safety is preventing fires from starting in the first place. Learn to recognize and correct fire hazards in your house. Click on “Hydro’s Hazard House” Can you spot all the fire hazards in Hydro’s virtual house? If so, you should take the quiz to become a Junior Fire Marshal.

Environmental Protection Agency
Keep yourself and your family safe at home. Take the house tour to find out where to look for dangerous chemicals and poisons in your house. Learn how to recognize these household poisons and how to treat an exposure to them. Test you knowledge with a quiz.

Chapter 14, Lesson 3
Consumer Product Safety Commission – Brain Busters
Do you know all the facts about safety at home and outdoors? Which sport is most likely to land you in a hospital emergency room? Try your mind at the safety brain busters on this site. How many of them did you get correct?

Bike Safety
How much do you know about bicycle safety? Test your knowledge by taking the quiz found on this Web site.

National Safety Council
You have probably heard the saying "Safety First." At this Web site, you will learn why this saying is so important. Find facts, statistics, and tips on a variety of safety, health, and environmental topics. Click on "Library," and select the complete listing of fact sheets. Choose an activity in which young people might participate, such as in-line skating or bicycling, and create a poster or pamphlet that provides safety tips.

Chapter 14, Lesson 4
Federal Emergency Management Agency
While they are still rare, natural disasters like earthquakes, floods, wildfires, tornadoes, and hurricanes are a part of living in Northern America. You need to know how to protect yourself in case disaster strikes. Click on “The Disaster Area,” pick a disaster, and learn as much about it as you can. Then present what you learned to your classmates. If you do your presentation well, both you and your classmates should be able to ace the natural disaster quizzes on this site.

Chapter 14, Lesson 5
First Aid Crossword Puzzles
Choose crossword puzzles from the Kids First Aid section. Print them out and have a classroom Crossword Contest. Work in teams and solve as many of these crosswords as you can. Did you and your classmates get stuck on any of them? Review first aid information in your textbook to help you with the words you missed.

American Red Cross — Disaster Services
"Be prepared" is not only the Boy Scouts' motto but also sound advice for weather emergencies. Visit this Web site to find ways to prepare for and stay safe in weather emergencies such as earthquakes, hurricanes, and tornadoes. Make a list of items to include in your family's disaster supplies kit. Why is it important to assemble this kit before a weather emergency strikes your area?

Chapter 15, Lesson 2
Recycle City: U.S. EPA Student Center
Do you know ways to reduce the amount of waste produced in your home? Visit this Web site to find out how you can help protect the environment by recycling, reducing, and reusing waste. Click on the "Activities" link, and check out the list of things to do at Recycle City. Do at least three of the activities on the list.