Especially for Teachers

The Mini Page — 2006 Activities

Fire Trucks and Labels -- Issue 41 -- Oct. 7-13

This week´s standards:

Students understand that safety and security are basic needs of humans. Students´ understanding includes following safety rules for home and school, avoiding injury, and knowing where to go for help. (Science: Personal Health)

Students understand the abilities of technological design. (Science: Science and Technology)

Activities:

1. Draw a picture of yourself as a firefighter working with one of the fire trucks pictured in today´s Mini Page. Write a story to go with your picture.

2. Make a "Hot Times" poster. Cut out newspaper pictures and words about fire and heat. Paste them on your poster.

3. Which equipment in the fire trucks in today´s Mini Page (a) is used to collect or spray water, (b) warns people the fire truck is coming, and (c) helps firefighters save people?

4. Use the checklist for fire safety in today´s Mini Page to survey family members and friends. Ask people the questions on the checklist. Put a check by a question when someone answers ´yes´ to it. Which questions received the most ´yes´ answers?

5. Use resource books and the Internet to learn more about firefighters. Use these questions to guide your research: How many professional firefighters are there in the United States?

What kind of education or training do firefighters have to complete before they can work in a fire department? What kind of training do they receive to update their skills and knowledge?

How much are they paid? What specialty jobs exist within the fire department? Use the information you find to write a paragraph about becoming a firefighter.

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)

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