Be Cool
Grade Levels : K-1
Lesson Objective
Primary Subjects/Skills
Resources
Suggested Procedure
Additional Activity
Lesson
Objective:
Students learn to identify things that don’t have a
flame but can still burn them.
Primary
Subjects/Skills:
Science, English Language Arts (oral presentation), Critical
Thinking, Problem-solving
Resources:
• Home Hazard Hunt
game
Suggested
Procedure:
Bring in pictures of things without a flame that can burn:
an iron, a stove, cleaning chemicals, hot water or soup, steam,
a radiator, etc. Include obvious sources of heat such as a
burning candle, campfire, fire in a fireplace, a burning match,
a lit gas stove.
Display only the pictures of items that have a flame and ask
students to tell you about these items. What do they all have
in common? (They are all fire. They have flames. They can
burn if you get too near). How do you react when you see them?
Run away? Keep a safe distance?
Ask students if flame is the only thing that can burn them?
Can they name anything else?
Ask students: Can water also burn you? When? Can other liquids
burn? Can something that is NOT on fire (in flames) burn you?
(a hot iron, toaster, radiator, etc.) Can something that does
not even feel hot burn you? chemicals such as cleaners, lye,
etc.) As you talk about the items, show students pictures
of the other items that don’t look like fire but can
still burn.
These things can be dangerous. But, these are also things
that can help. Talk about how each of the items helps in the
home. Discuss the fact that they are things adults should
use, and children should stay away from.
Ask students to organize the pictures of things that burn
into groups by room in the house where they are most often
found. Older students who are beginning to write can help
you make signs for each grouping: Kitchen, Bathroom, Living
Room, Basement or Garage.
Additional
Activity
Ask students to make up riddles or rhymes about household
items that are helpful, but also can get hot and burn them.
Other students must guess what they are. For example, “I
can keep you warm at night. I am on a bed. You should turn
me off when you are not using me. What’s my name?”
(An electric blanket.)
After someone gives the right answer, ask the class to suggest
safe ways to use the appliance or item. List them on the board.
The “Cool Rules” might include:
1. Turn off when not using.
2. Keep things that might catch fire away from it.
3. Never use it without a parent or grown-up.
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