Stay Alert!
Main Curriculum Connection: Grade 4 Science
Learning Objectives
- To investigate different sounds in school neighbourhood
- To apply learnings to understand how neighbourhood sounds could impact pedestrian safety
Resources Needed
Location outside the school where students can listen for various sounds including traffic noises.
Instructions
- Divide students into small groups
- Outside the school, ask students to close their eyes and observe what they hear in the school neighbourhood and list as many sounds as they can in five minutes
- Back in the classroom, ask students to:
- Identify which sounds came from traffic and which sounds came from other sources.
- Discuss in their small groups if any of the sounds could make it harder to listen for sounds of approaching vehicles.
- Discuss how different pedestrians might be impacted by the neighbourhood sounds (e.g., someone who is hearing impaired, someone wearing headphones/ earbuds, groups of people, etc.)
- Ask students to brainstorm any extra precautions these people should take to stay safe as pedestrians .
Cross-curricular and Integrated Learning
Students can
- Use mixed media to tell others about what they learned
- Write and deliver PA announcements to educate other students about what to wear to be a safe pedestrian