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Links

Listed below is a potpourri of links to sites that cover topics ranging from general safety to obesity, energy and ethics. In one way or another they all address issues related to how we get around safely, the choices we make and how they affect us. Some have "teacher pages", some are sites kids could use when they have finished their work.

TriMet/MAX – school tools for teachers
http://www.tri-met.org/schools/index.htm

OHSU Trauma Nurses Think First Program
http://www.ohsu.edu/hosp-thinkfirst/tf_programs.shtml

Programs for grades 1-3 and 4-6. Teacher pages included.

ThinkFirst for Kids Injury Prevention
http://www.thinkfirst.org/

National Injury Prevention Program – separate curricula and programs for kids and for teens.

The Otto Club – AAA
http://www.ottoclub.org/

Games and information about driving and safety. Can be extremely slow to run but it has good tips and games younger kids will like. (Includes teacher pages.)

Safe-A-Rooni™
http://www.safe-a-rooni.org/

Minnesota, North Dakota, etc. Safety Councils – Wonderfully engaging, fun cartooney site for younger kids to teach all aspects of safety.

Safety City
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/kids/safeschool/teachers/index.html

(NHTSA) National Highway Transportation Safety Admin. – Engaging lessons for teaching many aspects of safety. (Teacher’s pages included.)

Energy Uses in Transportation
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/consumption/transportation.html

Department of Energy’s site for kids. Cricket is the character that teaches them about energy’s relationship with transportation. Games, fun links, fun facts, etc. (Teacher’s pages included.)

Energy Quest
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/

California Energy Commission’s award winning site – interactive and visually fun site for everyone. Topics include: Energy Story, Energy links, Weekly Energy News, Saving Energy, Alternative Fuel (Transportation), Alternative Fuel links, Science Projects, How It Works, Super Scientists, Art Gallery, Homework Help, Puzzles and Games. (Teacher’s pages included.)

Energy Education (Alternative Fuels/Vehicles)
http://www.eere.energy.gov/education/
http://www.eere.energy.gov/education/lesson_plans.html

U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy - Links to curricula, programs, science activities and competitions, student resources for writing reports, etc. These sites have just about everything and anything that will assist a teacher in covering any energy issue.

The Science of Energy
http://www.nsta.org/energy/

National Science Teachers Assoc. "You Decide – Interactive Simulation" – Focus is on driving speeds, opinions and values of stakeholders, etc. Students can try different speeds and see what the results are. (Teacher’s pages included.)

Bike Safety
http://www.ou.edu/oupd/bikesafe.htm

University of Oklahoma Police Department, Police Notebook – All the bike safety rules in easy to understand language with appealing illustrations.

Rad Rider
http://www.radrider.com/

Cool (not cute) site where cartoon character, Rad Rider, is involved in an adventure that is used as vehicle for teaching bicycling safety skills.

The Great Green Web Game
http://www.ucsusa.org/game/thanks.html

Union of Concerned Scientists – Game questions based on the Union of Concerned Scientists’ book "The Consumers Guide to Effective Environmental Choices". There is a little meter that shows how each choice effects air, water, climate and habitat. It is a web board game format.

How Stuff Works
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/

Cool site for kids and adults about just what it says – How Stuff Works. It explains how hybrid cars work and everything else you would want to know about how a vehicle works, how air bags work, how jaws of life work, etc. etc. etc.

Air, Water, Land – Coloring Book
http://www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/admin/topdoc/gi/270.pdf

Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission – This coloring book covers all aspects of pollution. Although little kids would like to color this, they might need help reading the text. It touches on how vehicles affect air and water quality.

Tiki the Penguin – One World.net Kids Channel
http://www.oneworld.net/article/search/?SectionIDOverride=7&SearchText=tiki+the+penguin

OneWorld.net Kids Channel – Tiki the Penguin teaches kids about sustainability, bio-diversity, the environment, etc. This link takes you to the page where all of the Tiki sites are linked.

Center for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/tbi_toolkit/patients/preventing.htm

How to prevent brain injuries. When to call a doctor. Signs and symptoms of brain injuries.

National Bicycle Safety Network
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/bike/

Everything to do with bicycle safety. Pitched at adults. 

Child Passenger Safety
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/childps/

(NHTSA) National Highway Transportation Safety Admin. – Everything you would ever want to know about car seats.

Carpool Match NW
www.carpoolmatchnw.org/schools1.asp

Matches you up with others who want to carpool in the Portland Area.

Kids Walk to School
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/kidswalk/fact_sheet.htm

Center for Disease Control - This is the site for "Kids Walk to School" programs and issues. It is a "what-it-is and how-to-do" kind of site.

Walking Bus
http://www.walkingbus.org/

This is the British version of America’s "Kids Walk to School" program. It is a "what-it-is and how-to-do" kind of site.

Way to Go
http://www.waytogo.icbc.bc.ca/

Way to Go is a promoter of the International Walk to School Day. It is a British Columbia based program for schools to help encourage kids to walk to school. This includes traffic safety education.

America Walks
http://www.americawalks.org/resources/toolbox/

America Walks, Toolbox for Pedestrian Advocates – tools to help people work to improve the walking accessibility and safety in their community. This is a Portland based national coalition of local advocacy groups.

National Safety Council
http://www.nsc.org/ehc/kidscorn.htm 

Pages designed to help kids learn about environmental safety and health issues.

Alternatively Fueled Vehicles
http://www.nsc.org/ehc/mobile/alternat.htm

National Safety Council – electric vehicles, pros and cons.

Car Talk
http://cartalk.cars.com/About/Eco/

Car Talk’s Eco Area - or How You Can Save Mother Earth, Assuage Your Guilt, and Have Enough Money Left Over for a Few Extra Bags of Granola – lots of useful information

Mobile Source Emissions
http://www.nsc.org/ehc/mse.htm

National Safety Council’s Environmental Health Center – List of links regarding any issues involving the effect vehicles have on the quality of our air, water and life. Includes lists of what you can do, fact sheets, etc. etc. etc. Includes outreach and education on air quality, climate change and transportation – youth initiatives.

Sustainability Portland
http://www.sustainableportland.org/

City of Portland, Office of Sustainable Development – This is an adult site but could help parents understand sustainablity issues so they can talk to their kids about them.

Aerial Photos –Zoom In
http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com/

Microsoft’s aerial maps – zoom in to the exact location you want.

Nike Go
http://www.nike.com/nikebiz/nikego/

This is Nike’s effort to get kids off the couch and moving. It includes a lot of painful and disturbing facts about obesity as well as many informative links.

Financial Fitness for Life
http://fffl.ncee.net/

Comprehensive economic and financial literacy program. This could be useful in teaching about the cost of transportation choices if one were to extrapolate. Created by the National Council on Economic Education.

Institute for Global Ethics
http://www.globalethics.org/edu/default.html

Ethics educational materials to help teach how good people need to make tough choices about their environment.