Curriculum Grade 3

Poison Curriculum
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Using these Materials
This curriculum is divided into three lesson plans- or activities- for grade level 3. Additional lesson plans are
available for PreK through K, and Grade 1 through 2. All activities suggest tie-ins with the corresponding
Danger Rangers DVD, storybook, and activity book, which were developed in association with Safe Kids
Worldwide. Safe Kids Worldwide (www.safekids.org) is a global network of organizations whose mission is to
prevent accidental childhood injury.
The activities also include take-home components, so that children can involve their families in enforcing the
important safety messages they’ve learned.
The activities can stand alone or be taught in conjunction with other activities. Each activity begins with a set
of Learning Objectives and then identifies the student Learning Styles with which the activity
corresponds. Reviewing these descriptions will allow you to quickly decide which activity is a good fit for your
students. Lessons can be taught as written or can be divided into shorter segments to accommodate your
classroom agenda. Furthermore, lessons can be incorporated across multiple content areas including health,
reading, writing, language arts, math, science, character education and social studies.
Once you have decided on an activity, the Time Required and Materials Needed sections will help you
prepare for the activity. A list of Important Terms is also provided to facilitate class discussion.
Activity Steps and Suggestions offer clear instructions for implementing the activity and enhancing the
educational experience that children receive from watching the Danger Rangers television series. Suggested
Assessments are designed to measure achievement of the learning objectives and can be modified to fit
individual needs.
Extensions & Modifications at the end of each activity enable you to adjust the lesson as needed with
regard to timeframe and/or ability level.
Although this guide is copyrighted, you may make photocopies of the activities within this guide as necessary
to meet the needs of your students.
Additional resources
At the back of this guide is a vocabulary list for Grade 3. It includes terms found within the activities
themselves and within the corresponding Danger Rangers DVD, storybook, and activity book.
Two supplemental handouts are also included in this section - one for a younger audience and the other for
older students. These handouts reinforce the safety tips emphasized throughout this curriculum, and provide
another avenue for students to share important safety messages with those at home.
In addition, we encourage you and your students to visit the Danger Rangers website
(http://www.DangerRangers.com) for a variety of interactive games, downloadable learning tools, and further
information about the Danger Rangers brand and the Danger Rangers series.

An Introduction to Poison and Medicine Safety
Following are 10 important Poison Safety Rules, which can also be found at the back of the Danger
Rangers’ “Poison Patrol” storybook. Many of these rules are enforced in the activities contained within
this guide. The rules are essential to poison and medicine safety and are important for children to
understand, even when they are not referenced directly in the activities.
Feel free to use these rules to further complement the activities within this guide or to continue your
students’ education related to the topic of poison and medicine safety.
Poison Safety Rules
1. Pills are NOT candy.
2. Medicine and vitamins should be locked up and out of reach.
3. Call Poison Control (1-800-222-1222) immediately if someone has swallowed
something harmful.
4. Only take medicine from adults.
5. Medicine should be in tightly closed childproof containers.
6. Store food and poisons such as medicine and cleaners separately.
7. Cleaners should be locked up and out of reach.
8. If poisons spill on you, take off clothes right away and rinse well.
9. If you inhale toxic fumes, leave and get to fresh air quickly.
10. Only adults should use chemicals such as house paints and cleaners.

Poison/Medicine Safety Activities Grade 3
Activity 1: To Eat or Not to Eat?
Learning Objectives:
Students will:
Describe how poisons could enter our body and harm us.
Complete a Venn diagram illustrating household items that
are okay to eat, touch, and smell; those that aren’t; and
those that could fall into both categories.
Learning Styles:
Visual, auditory
Time Required:
One class period
Important Terms:
chemical, household, inhale, poison, poisonous, route, toxic
Materials Needed:
“Poison Patrol” storybook
“To Eat or Not to Eat?” student activity sheet
Chart paper
Activity Steps and Suggestions:
1. Show students the cover of the “Poison Patrol” storybook. Based on the title and cover illustration,
ask students to guess what the book is about. Then ask them to share what they think the word
“poison” means. Record their ideas on the blackboard or chart paper. Explain that a poison is
something that can hurt us or make us sick if it gets into our body. Some household items can be
poisonous if we taste, smell, or touch them. Others – like medicines – can be poisonous if we take
too much or do not follow directions when using them.
2. Read the story with students and ask them to list any household products from the story that are
or that could be poisonous. Examples include chemicals, medicine, pills, paint, cleaning products,
and toxic fumes. Record answers on the board or on chart paper.
3. Ask students if they know the four “routes” in our bodies that poisons can take to harm us. They
are eating/drinking through the mouth; inhaling/smelling through the mouth or nose; touching
through the skin; and getting in the eyes. Then ask students if they know the most common of these
four. The answer is eating/drinking.

Poison/Medicine Safety Activities Grade 3
4. For each item on the list they created in Step 2, ask students to share which route(s) the household
product might take in our body to harm us. For example, paint could harm us if we eat it, smell it, or
if it gets into our eyes.
5. Distribute the “To Eat or Not to Eat?” student activity sheet to students. Read the directions aloud
and ask student volunteers to share examples of at least one household item from the list that could fall
into each of the different categories in the diagram.
6. Have students complete the diagram and share answers with the class. Ask students to explain
their answers, particularly for the items that are sometimes okay and sometimes not okay to eat.
Answers include:
a. Okay to eat or taste - juice, grapes, carrots, cupcake
b. Sometimes okay and sometimes not okay to eat or taste - medicine, pills, plants, cough drops
c. Never okay to eat or taste - paint, nail polish remover, dishwashing detergent, glue
7. Finally, have students write a sentence that shares one way they can be Danger Ranger poison-safe
in their own home. Have them share their ideas with those at home.
Suggested Assessment:
Students should be evaluated on their ability to complete the worksheet correctly and explain their
choices.
Extensions:
Students can walk around the house with family members to point out potentially
poisonous items.
Have students complete a Venn diagram that focuses on a different body route, e.g.,
things that are okay or not okay to inhale or touch.
Students can learn more about poison safety by watching the “Medicine Mix-up” DVD
and by reading the “Poison Patrol” activity book.

Poison/Medicine Safety Activities Grade 3
“To Eat or Not to Eat?” student activity sheet
Directions: Using the Venn diagram below, sort the household products from the
box into three categories: those that are always okay to eat, those that are
sometimes okay and sometimes not okay to eat, and those that are never okay
to eat.
Things in my house that
are okay to eat
Things in my
house that are
sometimes okay and
sometimes not
okay to eat
Household Products:
cough drops
grapes
glue
medicine
dishwashing detergent
juice
paint
cupcake
carrots
nail polish remover
pills
plant
Things in my house that
are never okay to eat

Poison/Medicine Safety Activities Grade 3
Activity 2: Babysitter’s Checklist
Learning Objectives:
Students will:
Recite what they know about the Poison Control Center.
Design and illustrate a Babysitter’s Poison Control Checklist.
Learning Styles:
Visual, auditory, kinesthetic
Time Required:
One class period
Important Terms:
height, inhale, medical problems, Poison Control,
product, symptoms, weight
Materials Needed:
“Poison Patrol” storybook
Chart paper
“Poison Control” student activity sheet
Paper, markers, and other art materials
Activity Steps and Suggestions:
1. Through previous activities, students have learned what poison is and several safety tips for
keeping their homes poison-safe. However, what if they or someone else did swallow, touch, or
inhale something that could be poisonous? Ask students what they would do. Students might say
they would tell an adult (which is certainly correct), but you may want to ask them what the adult
should then do or what they would do if an adult was not around.
2. Tell students that there is a special number (like 911) that they can call if they think they or
someone else has swallowed, touched, or inhaled poison. They can also call if someone has taken
medicine that is not theirs or has taken the wrong dose of medicine that is theirs. They should call
even if they’re not sure if someone has swallowed, touched, or inhaled poison.
3. Ask students if they know what that phone number is. Show students the poison safety tips at the
end of the “Poison Patrol” storybook and ask a volunteer to find the number. (It is 1-800-222-1222).
Write the number on the board or on chart paper and have the class repeat the number a few
times. Tell students that calling 1-800-222-1222 connects them to the Poison Control Center, where
trained people answer our questions and tell us what to do if we or someone else has swallowed,
touched, or inhaled something poisonous.
4. Ask students to raise their hand if they have this important number displayed somewhere in their
home. If yes, where is it hung? If not, where might be a good place to hang the number? The best
place to hang the number is beside the telephone that is most often used by the family.

Poison/Medicine Safety Activities Grade 3
5. Divide students into groups of three or four. Ask each group to imagine that they are babysitting a
child who has swallowed something harmful. They have dialed the number for Poison Control. Ask
each group to list at least five questions that they think the Poison Control Center would ask them.
Have them write their group’s answers on a sheet of paper.
6. Have groups take turns reading their questions to the class. Have someone record answers on the
board or chart paper. Then distribute the “Poison Control” worksheet to students. Have students check
off the questions that were part of their lists. Discuss each question with students, asking them to
explain why the information would be important for Poison Control to know.
7. Finally, using art materials, have students design a real Babysitter’s Poison Control Checklist that
could be hung in their home. The checklist should include the phone number for Poison Control as well
as important information the babysitter should be able to tell Poison Control.
8. Have students bring home their Babysitter’s Poison Control Checklists to hang in a prominent place
in their home.
Suggested Assessment:
After the lesson, have students share one thing they learned about the Poison Control Center. Students
can be evaluated on their ability to correctly state one fact they’ve learned and their inclusion of
relevant Poison Control information on their Babysitter’s Poison Control Checklist.
Extensions:
Have students share how the storyline in “Medicine Mix-Up” might have been different if one
or more characters had called the Poison Control Center.
Students can write and practice imaginary calls to the Poison Control Center.
Students can select and reproduce one illustrated copy of the Babysitter’s Poison Control
checklist to distribute to all students or to include in a PTA newsletter.

Poison/Medicine Safety Activities Grade 3
“Poison Control” student activity sheet
When I call the Poison Control Center at 1-800-222-1222,
I will be asked:
1. What was taken, touched, or inhaled
2. How much was taken, touched, or inhaled
3. When it was taken, touched, or inhaled
4. Age of patient
5. Weight of patient
6. If the patient is in pain
7. If the patient can breathe
8. Any medical problems the patient has

Poison/Medicine Safety Activities Grade 3
Activity 3: Public Service Announcement
Learning Objectives:
Students will:
Create a list of poison-related safety rules.
Write and perform a 30-second public service
announcement about one or more of these rules.
Learning Styles:
Visual, auditory, kinesthetic
Time Required:
One class period
Important Terms:
benefit, characteristic, consequence, effective, issue,
public service announcement, reliable, requirement, safety, script
Materials Needed:
“Medicine Mix-Up” DVD
“Poison Patrol” storybook
Chart paper
Internet access (optional)
“Danger Rangers PSA” student activity sheet
Paper and pens
4-5 stop watches
Video camera (for Extension activity)
Dress-up clothes (for Extension activity)
Activity Steps and Suggestions:
1. After watching “Medicine Mix-Up”, have students contribute to a class list of important Danger
Rangers poison safety rules. A list of rules can be found on the inside back cover of the “Poison
Patrol” storybook and at the beginning of this guide.
2. Review each rule and have students explain why the rule is so important (benefit) and what could
possibly happen if the rule were not followed (consequence).
3. Write the words, “public service announcement,” on the board or on chart paper. Ask students if
they know what a public service announcement is. If necessary, have students break down the
words and guess the meaning.

Poison/Medicine Safety Activities Grade 3
4. A public service announcement, also called a PSA, is like a commercial that is played on television
or radio to help the public, to persuade people to do (or not do) something, or to get people thinking
a certain way about a particular issue. Public service announcements are typically performed by
well-known people. Ask students if they have ever seen a public service announcement on television
or heard one on the radio. If so, what was it about? Students can view several safety-related public
service announcement scripts at: http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/f01psa.html.
5. Ask student groups to select one or more of the Danger Rangers’ poison safety rules from their list.
Then distribute the “Danger Rangers PSA” student activity sheet. Review the definition of a public
service announcement and the characteristics of an effective public service announcement. Then
challenge students to write a 30-second PSA script to be read by one of the Danger Rangers to
persuade people in the community to follow poison safety rule(s).
6. Have students practice reading their script using the stopwatches provided to ensure that it is 30
seconds long.
7. Acting as the Danger Ranger they’ve selected, have one or more group members perform their
public service announcement for the rest of the class.
8. If possible, videotape the students and have them take their PSAs home during a pre-determined
school safety week.
Suggested Assessment:
After each student group has performed its public service announcement, ask the other students to
identify the poison safety rule that was the focus of the PSA. Student groups can also be evaluated on
how their PSAs met the requirements outlined on the “Danger Rangers PSA” sheet.
Extensions:
Students could dress up as Danger Rangers and perform the PSAs in costume.
Students could read their PSAs on the school announcements.
Students can learn more about poison safety by completing activities in the
“Poison Patrol” activity book.

Poison/Medicine Safety Activities Grade 3
“Danger Rangers PSA” student activity sheet
A Public Service Announcement (PSA) is written and performed to help the
community. It is usually seen on television or heard on the radio. Its goal is
to persuade the audience or public to do (or not do) something, or to adopt
a view about an issue.
A PSA is usually less than 60 seconds long. It is often performed by someone
well-known to the audience.
A good PSA does the following:
1. It shares a clear point of view.
2. It makes you want to do (or not do) something.
3. It is interesting.
4. It includes reliable information.
5. It gets to the point quickly.
6. It meets the time requirement (usually 10, 30, or 60 seconds).

Poison/Medicine Safety Vocabulary Grade 3
child safety cap
dose
expiration
household product
inhale
medicine
patrol
poison
Poison Control Center
poisonous
safety
safety latch

1. Pills are NOT candy. 2. If you see pills or medicine bottles,
do not touch them. Tell an adult
right away.
3. Only take medicine when an
adult gives it to you.
4. Remind your parents to post the
poison control hotline number
(1-800-222-1222) by every phone.
Call only if you think someone may
have been poisoned.
Did you know...
Nearly half of
poisoning exposures
among young
children are from
pharmaceuticals.

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