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January 27, 2022

Pedestrian Safety Relay Race

This relay race educates students on the dangers of walking distracted, safe bicycle practices, and helps increase awareness.

Article by Andrea Chacon / Activity Categories, Activity Sheets, High School Activities, Junior High Activities, Ped and Bike Activity Leave a Comment

January 27, 2022

Street Smarts Pedestrian Bingo

Educate students on the dangers of walking distracted, safe bicycle practices, and help increase awareness.

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January 27, 2022

Pedestrian Obstacle Course

Show the dangers of being distracted while walking. Students go through the course with and without being distracted while timed and are evaluated by time and number of objects knocked over.

Article by Andrea Chacon / Activity Categories, Activity Sheets, Distraction Activity, High School Activities, Junior High Activities, Ped and Bike Activity / activity, obstacle course, pedestrian Leave a Comment

January 25, 2021

Sentence Strips

To learn about different statistics on all five risks.  Students will be engaged by reading each strip and determining which pieces go together to form a complete sentence.

Article by Stacey Tisdale / Activity Categories, Activity Sheets, Big Rig Activity, Distraction Activity, Impaired Activity, Nighttime Driving Activity, Seat Belt Activity, Social Distancing Activity, Speeding Activity

January 22, 2021

M&M Madness

Peer pressure is a very real reality. Group decision making is much harder than making a decision on your own. This activity explores decision making and peer pressure and discusses what happens when you have more people effecting your decision.

Article by Stacey Tisdale / Activity Categories, Activity Sheets, Big Rig Activity, Distraction Activity, High School Activities, Impaired Activity, Junior High Activities, Nighttime Driving Activity, Ped and Bike Activity, Seat Belt Activity, Speeding Activity

July 21, 2020

Middle School Seat Belt Toolkit

Activity sheet great for middle school students to learn about proper seat belt use.

Article by Stacey Tisdale / Activity Categories, Activity Sheets, Seat Belt Activity, Social Distancing Activity

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