1. Preventing Injury

2. Lesson Objectives Know what it means to be safety conscious Identify causes of accidental injuries Describe how to prevent accidental injuries

3. Question What do you think are the most common causes of teen deaths? Why?

4. Vocabulary Safety conscious- being aware that safety is important and being careful to act in a safe manner Hazards- potential sources of danger Accidental injuries- injury caused by unexpected events

5. Question What was the last accident you had? Why did it happen?

6. Accident Chain Situation Unsafe habit Unsafe action Accident Result

7. Breaking the Accident Chain Change the situation Change the unsafe habit Change the unsafe action

8. Activity Work with people at your table to come up with an accident chain Once you have the accident chain, go back and make changes to it to make it a safe situation

9. What we learned today Safety conscious Causes of accidental injuries  Hazards How to prevent accidental injuries