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Are sports dangerous?Lesson Plans by monthLesson Plans by subject Editor's note: If you are planning to use the news story that this lesson plan is based on for a homework assignment, please write the URL on the board and have your students copy it. CNNfyi.com updates the site in the early evening, so students may have difficulty finding it without the URL. You can find the lesson plan by going to the Subject Areas page and clicking PREVIOUS in the square for Today's Lesson Plan. This lesson supplied by CNN NEWSROOM. If you tape the program to use in class, you may want to refer to the section on sports injuries on March 6, 2001. Have students read the CNNfyi.com article "Playing it safer" and ask the following: 1. How many American children and young adults are treated at hospitals for sports-related injuries each year? What common sports-related injuries do children and teenagers sustain? What can kids and parents do to prevent these types of injuries? 2. Point out to students that, according to MayoClinic.com, "Sports injuries cause 36 percent of all injuries in children. In school-age children (ages 5-17), sports and recreation injuries cause:
Nearly 30 percent of sports and recreation injuries happen at school. Most occur during unorganized events." Ask students, "What should you do if you or one of your peers sustains a sports-related sprain, fracture, dislocation or laceration?" 3. Invite a sports medicine practitioner and your school nurse to talk to your class about how to identify and treat sports-related injuries. Then have students practice the intervention techniques outlined by the instructors. EXTENSION: Have students develop a pamphlet of "sport smart" guidelines to promote sport safety and prevent sport-related injuries. Provide a copy of the pamphlet to your school's media center and athletic department. RELATED SITES: Children and Adolescents Sports Safety - SafeUSA (TM) |
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