Tools 4 Teachers

Implementing your SHAPE program should coincide with and be reinforced by classroom studies on traffic safety, health and environmental issues. While you are encouraging children, parents and caregivers to walk, bike or take transit, it is helpful if students are learning the reasons for doing so as part of their studies.

The opportunities for cross-curriculum work involving traffic safety and related issues with math (graphs, statistics, tables), science, language arts, visual & performing arts, and physical education are numerous. Teachers are always on the lookout for new and exciting ideas that are easy to implement in the classroom. Share the curricular activities described below with your teacher SHAPE liaison or classroom teachers. These classroom activities have been done successfully in a number of schools and are both fun and educational.

SHAPE program should coincide with and be reinforced by classroom studies on traffic safety, health and environmental issues. While you are encouraging children, parents and caregivers to walk, bike or take transit, it is helpful if students are learning the reasons for doing so as part of their studies. The opportunities for cross-curriculum work involving traffic safety and related issues with math (graphs, statistics, tables), science, language arts, visual & performing arts, and physical education are numerous. Teachers are always on the lookout for new and exciting ideas that are easy to implement in the classroom.

Great Classroom Resources:

Walking Tour of Canada (http://asrts.goforgreen.ca/) contains wonderful information for students about history, social studies and health.

Teaching Resources designed for teachers to help students learn more about Active Living, Personal Safety and the Environment http://ffl.nbed.nb.ca