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Transportation Safety Unit 1
Three-day education unit on health and transportation safety. This unit features an interactive PowerPoint presentation that covers crash prevention, road etiquette, and how to ride transit.
PowerPoint presentations
Unit 1, Day 1: Active Transportation & Public Spaces (PowerPoint)
- Active transportation & public spaces overview
- Different types of safety
- Tools for your personal security
Unit 1, Day 2: Walking & Taking Transit (PowerPoint)
- Benefits of active transportation
- We are all pedestrians
- Crosswalk laws and tips for success
- How we roll: Transit
Unit 1, Day 3: Safety on Wheels (PowerPoint)
- Oregon laws for human-powered vehicles
- All about Portland streets
- Crash prevention
Presentation PDFs
If you cannot access or download the PowerPoints above, use these PDFs as an alternate option. They will only show the slides without animations, but include teacher notes.
Unit 1, Day 1: Active Transportation & Public Spaces (PDF)
Unit 1, Day 2: Walking & Taking Transit (PDF)
Unit 1, Day 3: Safety on Wheels (PDF)
Instructor resources
Unit 1: Transportation Safety Lesson Plan Outline
Unit 1: Transportation Safety Slides with Notes
Handouts
Unit 1: Three Steps for Assertive Communication
Unit 1: Transportation Safety Quiz
Transportation Safety Unit 2
Three-day education unit on health, transportation, and climate. This unit features another interactive PowerPoint presentation in a similar style to Unit One. The first day reviews much of the information from the first unit.
PowerPoint presentations
Unit 2, Day 1: Overview & Review (PowerPoint)
- Principles & Benefits of Active Transportation: Review
- Test your knowledge Jeopardy game
- How we roll: Transit review
Unit 2, Day 2: Tools For Your Personal Security (PowerPoint)
- Communication styles: Review
- Introduction to bystander intervention
Unit 2, Day 3: Climate Action & Transportation in Portland (PowerPoint)
- Transportation & climate change
- Climate action
- Transportation & the media
Presentation PDFs
If you cannot access or download the PowerPoints above, use these PDFs as an alternate option. They will only show the slides without animations, but include teacher notes.
Unit 2, Day 1: Active Transportation Principles Review (PDF)
Unit 2, Day 2: Tools For Your Personal Security (PDF)
Unit 2, Day 3: Climate Action & Transportation in Portland (PDF)
Instructor resources
Unit 2, Day 1: Jeopardy Review Questions