Hit Me With Your Best Shot/Safety and Injury Prevention
| State | WV |    |
| Status | Ready for Users | |
| Stage | Public | |
| Subject | English/Language Arts Health Mathematics | |
| Author | Judy Brown-Shafer
Mary Talbott Marinda Taylor | |
| Description | This unit will cover safety issues and concerns, focusing on specific areas of interest to middle school students. Topics include recognizing safety issues, fire safety, sports safety, bicycle and skateboarding safety. | |
| The 21st Century Tools | Computer disk
Computers with internet access Digital camera Microsoft Excel 97 or higher Microsoft PowerPoint 97 or higher Microsoft Word 97 or higher Printer Projection device TV VCR Video camera | |
| Grade Level | 6 7 8 | |
| National Standards | Health: Standard 1 - Knows the availability and effective use of health services, products, and information. Standard 5 - Knows essential concepts and practices concerning injury prevention and safety. Standard 7 - Knows how to
maintain and promote personal health. Language Arts: Standard 1 - Uses general skills and strategies of the writing process. Standard 4 - Gathers and uses information for research purposes. Standard 5 - Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process. Standard 7 - Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts. Standard 8 - Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes. Standard 9- Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media. Mathematics: Standard 2 - Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of numbers. Standard 3 - Uses basic and advanced procedures while performing the processes of computation. Standard 6 - Understands and applies basic and advanced concepts to statistics and data analysis. Standard 9 - Understands the general nature and uses of mathematics. | |
| Career Clusters | Health and Human Services | |
| Keywords | Baseball
Basketball Bicycle Fire Football Hazard Helmet Injury Prevention Safety Skateboarding Sports Soccer Volleyball | |
| Lesson Plan URLs (new Window) | Overview: Hit Me With Your Best Shot/Safety and Injury Prevention
Lesson 1: It's Your Life - Safe Or Sorry/Safety Issues Lesson 2: When Smoke Gets In Your Eyes--GET OUT!/Fire Safety Lesson 3: Playing It Safe/Sports Safety Lesson 4: Lights, Camera, Safety/Sports Safety Lesson 5: Rolling, Rolling, Rolling/Wheel Safety Lesson 6: Hard Headed???/Helmet Safety | |
| References | American Academy Of Orthopedic Surgeons
Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute BioRap Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Consumer Product Safety Commission CyberSoup National Center for Health Statistics National Safety Council National Youth and Sports Safety Phoenix Fire Department | |
| English IGO or CSO | 6.1.2, 6.1.3, 6.1.5, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4, 6.2.5, 6.2.17, 6.2.21, 6.3.1, 6.3.3, 6.3.4, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3, 7.1.4, 7.1.7, 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.2.14, 7.2.16, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.3, 7.3.4, 7.3.5, 7.3.6, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.3, 8.1.6,
8.2.1, 8.2.2,8.2.3,8.2.10, 8.2.11, 8.2.12, 8.2.13, 8.3.1, 8.3.2, 8.3.4, 8.3.5, 8.3.6 | |
| Health IGO or CSO | 6.1, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.27, 6.34, 6.36, 6.39, 7.5, 7.11, 7.26, 7.30, 8.1, 8.4, 8.10, 8.11, 8.16, 8.32, 8.37, 8.38 | |
| Math IGO or CSO | 6.5.1, 6.5.2, 6.5.3, 7.5.3, 7.5.4, 8.5.3, 8.5.4, 8.5.5 | |