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Name of Activity: Fire Safety

Academic content: Health

Purpose of Activity: It is important for students/parents to know what their escape route is in their houses and/or apartments if their is a fire.

Suggested Grade Level: 3rd and Up

Materials Needed: Jump ropes, mats, blindfolds, cones, and other things that students can use to build an obstacle course.

Physical activity: Obstacle courses

Description of Idea

Explain to the students that in order to safely get out of your house during a fire you may have to negotiate different obstacles during that escape. Have the students practice going through course.

Variations:

1. Have the students go through blindfolded.

2. Have the students pair up. One student is blindfolded, the other is not. The student that has use of their sight must give directions to the blinded student about how to get through the obstacle course. Time the students.

3. Designate 2/3 of the obstacles as doors. Make sure they check the door for heat before proceeding.

These ideas were presented at the Sharing The Wealth Physical Education Conference in Jekyll Island, GA (1996).