• Exam One is on Monday, February 15th
• Bring a # 2 pencil with you to the exam.
• The exam will be 50 questions.  35 will be multiple choice, 15 true/false
• A review sheet for exam one will be passed out in class on Friday
• The chapters on Teaching Techniques in the text will not be required for the exam.

SAFETY EDUCATION AND INJURY PREVENTION

• The leading cause of death among school aged children is unintentional injury (text calls this accidents.)
• Safety "injury" prevention
• element of risk
• degree of human error
• The term "accident" is less preferable to the term "unintentional injury" because "accident" implies:
• it happened by chance
• it is nobody's fault
• it was bad luck
• 85% of all injuries are caused by human error
• 15% of injuries are caused by hazardous conditions in the environment

Causes of injury to children

• lack of motor skill
• lack of awareness of consequences of their actions
• "can't happen to me" ideology
• curious by nature
• lack of experience
• lack attention/focus
• peer pressure--mimic older kids
• perception of risk is out of step with their maturation level

• Leading cause of death in the home is fire
• sources of heat

a.) matches
b.) appliances-stoves
c.) fireplaces
• combustible materials

a.) gasoline
b.) kerosene
c.) nail polish remover
d.) hairspray