Train Safety Activity Booklet / Teacher’s Guide

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Most injuries and deaths related to railways are unnecessary because they are preventable. That is why the Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure, in partnership with the Western Canadian Short Line Railway Association, produced this latest edition of the Train Safety Activity Book and companion Teacher's Guide. By having children work through the book's activities, the hope is this provincial safety initiative educates future generations about railway safety and prevents accidents.

1 Content: · Students will learn the importance of railway safety through various subject areas. Objectives: · Encourage safety around railways and trains. · Encourage awareness of dangers associated with railways and discourage unsafe activities around trains and railways property. Language Arts: · Students can create poems about train safety using the information gathered from the activity book. Students may recite their poems in small groups or in front of the class. • Students may look at the safety pictures in the activity book and write a short story about the characters in the pictures. Students must remember to keep the theme of safety in mind. Arts Education: · Students may create train safety posters addressing different safety issues. These posters can be displayed throughout the school. • In small groups, students can create a commercial/infomercial promoting train safety. These commercials/infomercials may be performed in front of our classroom peers or younger classes. Health: · Students can be given task cards containing issues regarding train safety. Students must work cooperatively and create a solution to these realistic issues. Computers: · The website below will provide students with information about trains. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/trains/kids/index-e.html Social Studies: • Learn about the history of the railways that pass through your community today. Students can learn when the railway began, who built it, which was the first train to ride on it, what types of jobs the railway created, etc. Science: · Students can learn about what the trains transport. How does it help their community? Where do the supplies come from, before it is put on the train? Field Trip: · Contact your local railway company to arrange a field trip. · Students should note the dangers and possible unsafe activities they observe during the field trip.

2 ANSWER KEY FOR PAGE 17 - TRAIN TRIVIA 1. It is not safe to play on the tracks. True 2. Riding your snowmobile on the tracks is not safe. True 3. You should walk your bike while crossing the tracks. True 4. Throwing rocks at a passing train can cause injuries. True 5. Trying to race a train across the tracks is dangerous. True 6. Laying objects on the tracks helps the train. False 7. The flashing lights at train crossings mean drive faster. False 8. Trains cannot stop quickly. True 9. Jumping on trains as they drive by is an easy way to get hurt. True 10. Train yards are not a place to play. True

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Carlton Trail Railway Southern Rails Cooperative 1545 Fifth Ave. Box 297 Prince Albert, SK S6V Avonlea, SK S0H 0C0 7Z5 Phone: Phone: 306-868-4435 306-763-9474 Box 12 Fillmore, SK S0G 1N0 Box 726 Phone: 306-722-0000 Leader, SK S0N 1H0 Phone: 306-628-4774

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Thunder Rail Box 328 Box 3192 Arborfield, SK S0E 0A0 Regina, SK S4P 3G7 Phone: 306-769-8383 Phone: 1-877-487-8347

Long Creek Railroad Company Box 237 Box 368 Torquay, SK S0C 2L0 Choiceland, SK S0J 0M0 Phone: 306-923-0022 Phone: 306-276-9434

Northern Lights Rail Box 934 Kinistino, SK S0J 1H0 Phone: 306-921-8461