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Basic Aid Training (BAT)

The national benchmarking format was used when creating the Basic Aid Training curriculum alignment charts. This format breaks the courses up among three grade groups: K-4, 5-8 and 9-12.

Health – Grades K-4
Health – Grades 5-8
Science – Grades K-4
Science – Grades 5-8

Children learn emergency response skills, rescue breathing and ways to prevent and care for choking, wounds, nosebleeds, falls and animal bites. The course includes responses for fire safety, poisoning, water accidents, substance abuse and more. Optional activities let you expand the 6-hour course to 12 hours. Instructor training is not required to teach this course

Course hours: 6-12 hours

For Grades: 3-5

Basic Aid Training: Units 1–12
Meeting National Education Standards—Health (K–4)

National Health Education Standards

Units 1–4

Units 5–8

Units 9–12

STANDARD 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention.

Unit 2: Rescue Breathing, pp. 39–47

Unit 3: All Choked Up, pp. 49–56

Unit 7: Just Say No, pp. 95–109

Unit 8: Water Whiz, pp. 111–122

Unit 10: Cautious Kids, pp. 133–144

Unit 11: Safe Wheels, pp. 145–156

STANDARD 2: Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid health information and health-promoting products and services.

Unit 1: First Things First,pp. 23–38

Unit 7: Just Say No, pp. 95–109

Unit 10: Cautious Kids, pp. 133–144

STANDARD 3: Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and reduce health risks.

Unit 3: All Choked Up, pp. 49–56

Unit 4: Ouch!, pp. 57–70

Unit 5: Famous Fire Facts, pp. 71–82

Unit 6: Poison Patrol, pp. 83–93

Unit 8: Water Whiz, pp. 111–122

Unit 9: Lost and Found, pp. 123–131

Unit 10: Cautious Kids, pp. 133–144

Unit 11: Safe Wheels, pp. 145–156

STANDARD 5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health.

Unit 3: All Choked Up, pp. 49–56

Unit 7: Just Say No, pp. 95–109

Unit 10: Cautious Kids, pp. 133–144

STANDARD 6: Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting and decision-making skills to enhance health.

Unit 7: Just Say No, pp. 95–109

Unit 9: Lost and Found, pp. 123–131

Unit 10: Cautious Kids, pp. 133–144

Basic Aid Training: Units 1–12
Meeting National Education Standards—Health (5–8)

National Health Education Standards	Units 1–4	Units 5–8	Units 9–12
STANDARD 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention.	Unit 2: Rescue Breathing, pp. 39–47 Unit 3: All Choked Up, pp. 49–56	Unit 7: Just Say No, pp. 95–109 Unit 8: Water Whiz, pp. 111–122	Unit 10: Cautious Kids, pp. 133–144 Unit 11: Safe Wheels, pp. 145–156
STANDARD 2: Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid health information and health-promoting products and services.	Unit 1: First Things First,pp. 23–38	Unit 7: Just Say No, pp. 95–109	Unit 10: Cautious Kids, pp. 133–144
STANDARD 3: Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and reduce health risks.	Unit 3: All Choked Up, pp. 49–56 Unit 4: Ouch!, pp. 57–70	Unit 5: Famous Fire Facts, pp. 71–82 Unit 6: Poison Patrol, pp. 83–93 Unit 8: Water Whiz, pp. 111–122	Unit 9: Lost and Found, pp. 123–131 Unit 10: Cautious Kids, pp. 133–144 Unit 11: Safe Wheels, pp. 145–156
STANDARD 5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health.	Unit 3: All Choked Up, pp. 49–56	Unit 7: Just Say No, pp. 95–109	Unit 10: Cautious Kids, pp. 133–144
STANDARD 6: Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting and decision-making skills to enhance health.		Unit 7: Just Say No, pp. 95–109	Unit 9: Lost and Found, pp. 123–131 Unit 10: Cautious Kids, pp. 133–144

Basic Aid Training: Units 1-12

Meeting National Education Standards—Science (K-4)

Science Content Standards

Units 1–4

Units 5–8

Units 9–12

Science as Inquiry

• Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry

• Understanding about scientific inquiry

Unit 1: First Things First,

pp. 23–38

Unit 2: Rescue Breathing,

pp. 39–47

Unit 3: All Choked Up,

pp. 49–56

Unit 4: Ouch!, pp. 57–70

Unit 5: Famous Fire Facts, pp. 71–82

Unit 6: Poison Patrol,

pp. 83–93

Unit 7: Just Say No,

pp. 95–109

Unit 8: Water Whiz,

pp. 111–122

Unit 9: Lost and Found,

pp. 123–131

Unit 11: Safe Wheels,

pp. 145–156

Life Science

• The characteristics of organisms

• Life cycles of organisms

• Organisms and environments

Unit 4: Ouch!, pp. 57–70

Unit 9: Lost and Found,

pp. 123–131

Science and Technology

• Abilities of technological design

• Understanding about science and technology

• Abilities to distinguish between natural objects and objects made by humans

Unit 2: Rescue Breathing,

pp. 39–47

Unit 3: All Choked Up,

pp. 49–56

Unit 4: Ouch!, pp. 57–70

Unit 5: Famous Fire Facts, pp. 71–82

Unit 8: Water Whiz,

pp. 111–122

Unit 9: Lost and Found,

pp. 123–131

Unit 11: Safe Wheels,

pp. 145–156

Science in Personal and Social Perspectives

• Personal health

• Characteristics and changes in populations

• Types of resources

• Changes in environments

• Science and technology in local challenges

Unit 1: First Things First,

pp. 23–38

Unit 2: Rescue Breathing,

pp. 39–47

Unit 3: All Choked Up,

pp. 49–56

Unit 4: Ouch!, pp. 57–70

Unit 5: Famous Fire Facts, pp. 71–82

Unit 6: Poison Patrol,

pp. 83–93

Unit 7: Just Say No,

pp. 95–109

Unit 8: Water Whiz,

pp. 111–122

Unit 9: Lost and Found,

pp. 123–131

Unit 10: Cautious Kids,

pp. 133–144

Unit 11: Safe Wheels,

pp. 145–156

History and Nature of Science

• Science as a human endeavor

Unit 1: First Things First,

pp. 23–38

Unit 7: Just Say No,

pp. 95–109

Unit 9: Lost and Found,

pp. 123–131

Unit 11: Safe Wheels,

pp. 145–156

Basic Aid Training: Units 1-12
Meeting National Education Standards—Science (5-8)

Science Content Standards

Units 1–4

Units 5–8

Units 9–12

Science as Inquiry

• Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry

• Understandings about scientific inquiry

Unit 1: First Things First,

pp. 23–38

Unit 2: Rescue Breathing,

pp. 39–47

Unit 3: All Choked Up,

pp. 49–56

Unit 4: Ouch!, pp. 57–70

Unit 5: Famous Fire Facts, pp. 71–82

Unit 6: Poison Patrol,

pp. 83–93

Unit 7: Just Say No,

pp. 95–109

Unit 8: Water Whiz,

pp. 111–122

Unit 9: Lost and Found,

pp. 123–131

Unit 11: Safe Wheels,

pp. 145–156

Life Science

• Structure and function in living systems

• Reproduction and heredity

• Regulation and behavior

• Populations and ecosystems

• Diversity and adaptations of organisms

Unit 4: Ouch!, pp. 57–70

Unit 9: Lost and Found,

pp. 123–131

Science and Technology

• Abilities of technological design

• Understandings about science and technology

Unit 2: Rescue Breathing,

pp. 39–47

Unit 3: All Choked Up,

pp. 49–56

Unit 4: Ouch!, pp. 57–70

Unit 5: Famous Fire Facts, pp. 71–82

Unit 8: Water Whiz,

pp. 111–122

Unit 9: Lost and Found,

pp. 123–131

Unit 11: Safe Wheels,

pp. 145–156

Science in Personal and Social Perspectives

• Personal health

• Populations, resources, and environments

• Natural hazards

• Risks and benefits

• Science and technology in society

Unit 1: First Things First,

pp. 23–38

Unit 2: Rescue Breathing,

pp. 39–47

Unit 3: All Choked Up,

pp. 49–56

Unit 4: Ouch!, pp. 57–70

Unit 5: Famous Fire Facts, pp. 71–82

Unit 6: Poison Patrol,

pp. 83–93

Unit 7: Just Say No,

pp. 95–109

Unit 8: Water Whiz,

pp. 111–122

Unit 9: Lost and Found,

pp. 123–131

Unit 10: Cautious Kids,

pp. 133–144

Unit 11: Safe Wheels,

pp. 145–156

History and Nature of Science

• Science as a human endeavor

• Nature of science

• History of science

Unit 1: First Things First,

pp. 23–38

Unit 7: Just Say No,

pp. 95–109

Unit 9: Lost and Found,

pp. 123–131

Unit 11: Safe Wheels,

pp. 145–156

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