Staying Safe on the Road

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4TH GRADE VIRTUAL HEALTH

L1: School Bus Safety| L2: Responding to Emergencies & Giving First Aid | L3: Staying Safe at Home & While Camping | L4: Staying Safe Outdoors | L34: School Bus Safety | L35: Staying Safe on the Road| L36: Staying Safe Near Water | L37: Staying Safe in a Conflict

Safety

Staying Safe on the Road

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Standard(s), Essential Question(s), Big Idea(s)

LEARNING TARGET / SUCCESS CRITERIA

I will know and be able to explain how to prevent injuries and practice safety when bicycling, skating, skateboarding, and riding a motor vehicle.

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PRE-INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITY

Vocabulary

airbag - a safety device in a car that inflates, or blows up like a balloon, to protect a person from injury 

OPENING (Engage)

Main Idea

Wearing proper safety equipment and following safety rules prevents injuries when you are riding or skating.

Why Learn This?

What you learn can help keep you safe while you bicycle, skate, skateboard, or ride a motorcycle.

WORK PERIOD (Explore/Explain/Extend/Elaborate)

READ: Staying Safe on the Road

You have many choices when you want to travel from one place to another. You can walk, skate, skateboard, ride a bicycle, or ride in a car. No matter how you choose to go, you will probably be on the road.

What can you do to stay safe while on wheels?

Most bicycling, skateboarding, and skating injuries happen from falls. You need smooth ground for safe riding. Stay in an area that does not have holes, bumps, rocks, and other things on the ground. Know how to protect yourself if you think you are about to fall from skates and skateboards.

• If you start to lose your balance, crouch down so you won't have as far to fall.

• Try to roll rather than land on your hands.

• Relax your body-do not stiffen up.

Traffic is another danger. Do not skate or skateboard in the street. Never hold on to a car, bike, bus, or other vehicle. Don't wear headphones. Stop and look in all directions before crossing a street. Be especially careful around driveways.

When bicycling, walk your bike across streets and intersections. Learn the proper hand signals for stops and turns, and follow the traffic signs and safety laws. You should also ride in a straight line near the right-hand side of the road. Watch out for doors opening from parked cars.

The section below lists the safety gear that can help prevent injuries.

SAFETY EQUIPMENT

• Bicycling

  • • Bicycle helmet: In many places the law says you must wear a helmet. Make sure your helmet fits snugly. Wear it level between your ears and low on your forehead.

    • Bright- or light-colored clothing: Make yourself easy to see. If you must ride after dark, wear a reflective vest or clothing. Also, use a light.

• In-Line Skating

  • • Helmet: You need a helmet that protects the sides and lower back of your head as well as your forehead.

    • Wrist guards: Wrist injuries are the most common injuries in skating sports.

    • Padding: Always wear knee and elbow pads. You can add hip pads, padded pants, a padded jacket, and skating gloves.

    • Mouth guard

• Skateboarding

  • • Helmet: Choose one that protects your entire head.

    • Closed, nonslip shoes

    • Wrist guards

    • Padding: Use knee and elbow pads. Hip pads and a padded jacket also help.

    • Skating gloves: They protect your hands in a fail.

    • Mouth guard

What can you do to stay safe in a motor vehicle?

Safety belts save lives. The safest thing you can do in a car is to always buckle your safety belt. Fasten the lap belt snugly across your hips, not across your stomach. Keep the shoulder harness across your chest. If it crosses your face or neck, you can sit on a pillow so the shoulder harness fits correctly. Don't share a safety belt with another person.

People wear safety belts and follow other safety measures to help prevent injuries.

School Bus Safety

If you ride a bus to school, you need to follow some special safety rules. Always stand at least 10 feet from the bus while you are waiting to get on. Wait until the bus stops before you go near. Enter and leave the bus in a single-file line and hold the handrail to climb up and down the steps safely. Stay in your seat, and don't distract the driver. When you leave the bus, watch out for traffic.

Airbag Safety

An airbag is a safety device in a car that inflates, or blows up like a balloon, to protect a person from injury. Airbags inflate quickly during a collision. The force of the air bag inflating can injure a child riding in the front seat, so experts are working on ways to make airbags safer. One idea is to have the airbag system sense the weight of the passenger. The airbag would inflate with less force or not at all if the passenger were light in weight. Another idea is to let the driver turn off the airbag system for the passenger seat. Children are safer if they ride in the backseat.

REMEMBER...Wearing proper safety equipment and following safety rules prevents injuries when you are riding or skating. What you learn can help keep you safe while you bicycle, skate, skateboard, or ride a motorcycle.

CLOSING (Evaluate)

• Complete Lesson Checkup

• Finished Early? (sign into BrainPOP using Clever)

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  • Watch BrainPOP Jr. - Fire Safety

  • Watch BrainPOP - Food Safety

  • Watch BrainPOP Jr. - Internet Safety

  • Watch BrainPOP - Lab Safety

  • Watch BrainPOP - Online Safety

  • Watch BrainPOP Jr. - Safety Signs

  • Watch BrainPOP - Water Safety

Standard(s)

HE4.1a - recognize the relationship between healthy behavior and disease prevention

HE4.3a - identify the characteristics of valid health information, products, and services

HE4.3b - list resources from home, school, and community that provide valid health information

HE4.5b - describe the possible consequences of an unhealthy decision and healthy alternatives when making a health-related decision

Essential Question(s)

1. What can you do to stay safe while on wheels?

2. What can you do to stay safe in a motor vehicle?

Big Idea(s)

1. Most bicycling, skateboarding, and skating injuries happen from falls. You need smooth ground for safe riding. Stay in an area that does not have holes, bumps, rocks, and other things on the ground. Know how to protect yourself if you think you are about to fall from skates and skateboards.

2. Safety belts save lives. The safest thing you can do in a car is to always buckle your safety belt. Fasten the lap belt snugly across your hips, not across your stomach. Keep the shoulder harness across your chest. If it crosses your face or neck, you can sit on a pillow so the shoulder harness fits correctly. Don't share a safety belt with another person. People wear safety belts and follow other safety measures to help prevent injuries.

RESOURCES / INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

• see below

DCSD Board-Approved Instruction Materials

• Your Health: Teacher's Edition - Grade 4. Harcourt Brace & Company. 1999.

Technology

• Google Sites - HPE website

• Chromebook

• large video screens for whole-class viewing

• sound system for sharing of audio

• BrainPOP - Bicycle Safety

• BrainPOP Jr. - Bullying

• BrainPOP Jr. - Fire Safety

• BrainPOP - Food Safety

• BrainPOP Jr. - Internet Safety

• BrainPOP - Lab Safety

• BrainPOP - Online Safety

• BrainPOP Jr. - Safety Signs

• BrainPOP - Water Safety