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Safety Gear

Third graders learn the safety gear that protects them during different activities — a helmet for biking, pads for skating, sunscreen in the sun — so they can have fun and stay safe.

Grade 3Safety35 minutes1 class periodSHAPE / Skills-BasedExplicit teaching4 StandardsSHAPE
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Name safety gear.
  • ✓Match gear to activities.
  • ✓Know gear keeps you safe.
  • ✓Stay safe while having fun.
Essential Question

Doing fun activities safely means wearing the right gear! What safety gear goes with each activity?

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Interactive Task
Match It · Interactive

Match the Safety Gear

Project this and match each activity to its safety gear — tap an activity, then tap the gear.

⛑️ Match each activity to its safety gearTry it
Activity
Safety Gear
Now tap the gear!
The Lesson · Health & PE Flow (Warm-Up · Learn · Practice · Apply · Cool-Down)

35 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Warm-Up — Fun and Safe

4 min

Fun activities are safest with the right gear — what gear?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show a helmet.
  • Ask what it’s for.
  • Get ready.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
2

Learn — Safety Gear

9 min

Children learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send children to Match the Safety Gear.
  • Note each one.
  • Say why it helps.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match.
  • Note it.
  • Say why.
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Practice — Practice

10 min

Children practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name gear for an activity.
  • Explain what it protects.
  • Give an example.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name it.
  • Explain.
  • Give one.
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Apply — Apply

8 min

Children apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Pick an activity you do.
  • Name its safety gear.
  • Say why you’ll wear it.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Pick it.
  • Name it.
  • Say why.
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Cool-Down — Cool-Down

4 min

Children close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a safety gear.
  • Say what it protects.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to SHAPE America National Health Education & Physical Education Standards.

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HE.1

Comprehend safety concepts.

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HE.7

Practice safety behaviors.

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HE.4

Communicate about safety.

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PE.4

Practice safe activity.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Gear + activity cards.
  • Sentence frame: “For ___, I wear ___.”
  • Use real gear.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with bike and helmet.
  • Use pictures.
  • Match one pair.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add more activities.
  • Explain what gear protects.
  • Make a safety poster.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • ⛑️A helmet & pads
  • 💻Match the Safety Gear
  • 🧴Sunscreen (for show)
  • 🖍️Pencils
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

safety gearthings that keep you safehelmetprotects your headpadsprotect knees and elbowslife jackethelps you floatsunscreenprotects your skinprotectto keep safeactivitysomething you dosafefree from harm
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What safety gear do you wear to ride a bike?
A helmet.
QUESTION 2
What do you wear skating?
Knee and elbow pads.
QUESTION 3
Why do we wear safety gear?
To protect our bodies and stay safe.

Cool-Down: gear up.

Have children name the safety gear for their favorite activity and remember to use it. A printable safety-gear sheet is in the PE & Health library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Safety GearPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: activity, helmet, life jacket, pads, protect, safe, safety gear, sunscreen
  1. protects your skin
  2. to keep safe
  3. protects your head
  4. things that keep you safe
  5. something you do
  6. free from harm
  7. protect knees and elbows
  8. helps you float

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What safety gear do you wear to ride a bike?
  2. What do you wear skating?
  3. Why do we wear safety gear?
Answer key — Part A: 1) sunscreen · 2) protect · 3) helmet · 4) safety gear · 5) activity · 6) safe · 7) pads · 8) life jacket
Part B: 1) A helmet. 2) Knee and elbow pads. 3) To protect our bodies and stay safe.