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Education includes introducing our youth to the world around
them. Safety knowledge should be taught and not learned by trial
and error. As teachers, you have a unique opportunity to prepare
your students for the unexpected.
We in the Building Division suggest incorporating
the safety theme in your lesson plan. Vocabulary words and
essays can be used with your English lesson while several of the
links provided will offer crafts and experiments for your
science class. We hope the link below will be of help.
Building Safety Week is a great time to explore
what's behind
the wall. Survey your parents and see how many are involved in
building safety; some may build hands on and others may build
by design. Often your parents will provide guest speakers for
your classroom. Your local Building Division may be asked to
address your students also. Most people refer to Firemen and
Policemen as First Responders. We like to refer to Building
Divisions, Code Enforcement, and Fire Inspections as First
Preventers.
Hurricane Preparedness Week teaches to think ahead. You have
fire drills but what are your students to do if a tornado
touched down by their class room or lightning hit the portable
they are in. A kindergarten teacher once told me that the first
thing kids learn is how to get help. Her concern was if
something happened to her, like a sudden illness the students
would have to deal with not knowing what to do. I always thought
of that as one of the best first lessons a teacher could begin
the school year off with, regardless of the grade. Preparing for
the unexpected and possible situations that could occur will
improve safety and reduce accidents.
National Electrical Safety Month is very important. Electrical
accidents cause property damage, fires, injuries and deaths each
year. Every student has contact with electrical appliances
daily. One of the important parts of any electrical system is
the bonding/grounding; although, sometimes it is the insulating
of the electrical components they touch like in a hairdryer or
power saw. The most important lesson you can teach on electrical
safety is that you cant tell by looking if the power is on and
that it always seeks ground by the path of least resistance.
That is what our bodies provide when we interrupt an electrical
circuit.
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