Best Documentary Film: “Be Safe Mates”: Recess Safety

Title– “Be Safe Mates: Playground Safety”

Producer: ChildrensOmaha

Year: April 18^th 2011

Rating: G

A lot of the videos I found for recess safety were targeted at a much younger audience often very childish; I did however find a National Playground Protection Safety video but it needed to be bought within a package. This one was informative and engaging to my higher aged audience. I found it to break down areas of safety very well.

Review: It discusses various aspects of playground safety such as: liter, under playground surface, broken equipment, barriers, weather safety, safety protection equipment, etc.. By walking through steps as well as analyzing a playground together we find various safety risks and tips for complete playground safety.

Core Integration

I would integrate this into my classroom by having my staff as well as students take the Recess Check Up Lab. This will help them to analyze their current playground safety strengths and areas of improvement. Then I would allow students to get in groups (staff as well) and make a chart with our information. This willow for more visual representation of our data and help students interpret visual information.

• Standards
• NHES 3: Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information and products and services to enhance health
• NHES 5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision making skills to enhance health

• • Students will be able to describe situations that could lead to violence. (H1.Sa3.6a)
  • Students will be able to demonstrate ways to resolve conflict to prevent, reduce, and avoid violence. (H4.Sa3.6)
  • Students will determine when situations require a decision related to safety and injury prevention (S5.8.2)
  • Students will distinguish when safety and injury prevention decisions should be made individually or with the help of others (S5.8.3)

• NHES 7: Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks
  • Students will explain the importance of being responsible for promoting safety and avoiding or reducing injury (S7.8.1)
  • Students will analyze practices and behavior that reduce or prevent injuries (S7.8.2)
  • Students will demonstrate healthy practices and behaviors to improve safety and injury prevention of oneself and others  (S7.8.3)
  • Students will make a commitment to practice safety and injury prevention (S7.8.4)
    • HBO 4: Apply Safety rules and procedures to avoid risky behavior and injury
    • HBO 6: Students will recognize and avoid dangerous surroundings.
    • HBO 8: Support others to avoid risky behaviors and be safe.

Social Studies Standards 

• Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.7