Grades 6-8
Download any of the activities below to follow-up your Red Cross-instructed course, or to compliment your own lesson plans.
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Disaster Preparedness
Call 9-1-1
Practice making emergency calls and giving the correct information...
Family Emergency Yellow Pages
Staying in contact is part of any good family disaster plan. Go through the checklist to make sure your family has the correct information. Then, fill in My Yellow Pages...
Reduce Hazards in Your Home
Objects in your home can cause injury or damage. Consider these points as you walk around your home and reduce the hazards...
Make a Family Disaster Plan
Your family disaster plan includes ways to reduce hazards, a family contact list and a supplies kit to meet the needs of everyone in case of a disaster or emergency...
Build a Family Disaster Supplies Kit
One important step in any family disaster plan is to have needed supplies ready. Complete this list as a family...
What Do We Do When...?
Read the following scenarios that might take place at school. From the list of actions above, select one or more actions that will help make you safer in each situation...
What if? ...The Effects of Disaster
What if a disaster hit your town? Consider the following possible results of disaster...
Fire & Prevention Safety
Understanding the Chemistry of Fire
Look at the picture below. Identify the terms listed to describe what is happening then answer the analysis questions...
Smoke Alarms
What type should I buy? Where should I install my alarm?...
Identifying Fire Safety Procedures
For each picture below, describe the correct safety procedures the people are following...
Fire-Suppression and Fire-Warning Research
Research fire-suppression and fire-warning devices to find the answers to the questions below...
School Fire Evacuation Plans & Procedures
Use this plan to conduct a fire evacuation plan, then chart and keep a record of your exit time for each of several practice drills...
"Teen Gets Bad Burns" - a story
Josh Frie's unselfish act Saturday night likely prevented a group of friends from getting hurt at a bonfire...
Lightning
Lightning Myths
The following lightning myths have grown over the years. Research to show why the following statements are incorrect...
The Sticky Static Charge
Static electricity demonstrates the flow of electrons between atoms. You are a scientist who will investigate electric charges by making an electroscope...
Tornadoes
The Enhanced Fujita Scale of Tornado Intensity
The size of a tornado is not necessarily a sign of strength. Ever wonder what an F1 tornado was like versus an F5?...
Decisions! Decisions!
Read the following scenarios and decide what decisions the families must make to ensure their safety. Write a dialogue for the characters and the situation...
Floods
The Hydrologic Cycle
The hydrologic cycle consists of the processes that change and move water through the earth's system. Use the terms below to label the hydrologic cycle...
You're the Hydrologist
Follow the directions on pages 1 and 3 to show how rivers form and floods occur and to investigate the effect of floods on human lives...
Modeling Floods
Follow the steps below to model, simulate and test possible ways to mitigate flooding in your local community...