Insurance Resource Library: Electrical Safety for Kids
Electricity is extremely important to the modern world because it provides light and power to our every day activities. Although we depend on it on a daily basis, it can be incredibly dangerous if it is not used in the correct way. Danger can also occur if the proper safety precautions are not followed. In order to fully learn about electricity, you have to understand both the concept as well as the appropriate way to safely use it.
Understanding Electricity
- Electricity: This links to basic information on electricity including information on how it has changed our daily lives.
- Energy Story: Explanation about what electricity is and explains the structures within electricity.
- Conduction: Detailed information on insulators, conductors, semiconductors and superconductors.
Learning about Electrical Safety
- Electrical Safety E-Learning: This links to a training module with five chapters on electrical safety. The chapters cover topics that include important facts about electricity, how to respond to electrical emergencies and hazards and safety precautions.
- Switched on Kids: This is an interactive site that teaches kids about electricity and how to use it safely.
- Electricity Tips for Staying Safe: This is a link to a list of tips for staying safe when dealing with electricity.
- Electrical Safety Education: This links to a resource that provides you with additional options for learning about electricity safety.
- Electrical Safety Lesson Plans: PDF documents with 18 pages of lesson plans on electrical safety.
- Electricity: List of link to various lesson plans on electricity and electrical safety.
Tutorials and Guides
- Electrical Hazards: Guide to electrical hazards along with electrical safety tips.
- Electrical Safety Manual: Manual for electrical safety and a guide for training trainers on electrical safety and hazards.
- A Guide to Home Safety: An online guide to household electricity hazards.
- Online Tutorials: This links to a list of resources for safety hazards.
- Electricity and Electrical Hazards: Gives examples of electrical hazards and information on how to reduce the risk of hazards.
- Electrical Safety Hazards Handbook: General purpose handbook to learn about electrical safety hazards.
Lightning Safety
- Lightning Safety: This links to in-depth information on lightning safety including handouts, tips and facts.
- Personal Lightning Safety Tips: Lightning safety tips for indoors and outdoors.
- Lightning Safety Quiz: Link to a short quiz that tests your knowledge on lightning safety.
- Kids' Lightning Information and Safety: Comprehensive site for information on lightning safety geared towards kids.
- Lightning Safety Tips: List of lightning tips that can help save lives when followed.
- Lightning Safety Information and Tips: Information and tips on lightning safety.
Recommended Reading
- Electrical Safety in the Workplace: Article that discusses electrical safety in the workplace and why it is important.
- Electrical Safety Handbook: Link to purchase the Electrical Safety Handbook by John Cadick.
- Electrical Safety: Article that discusses electrical safety including OSHA standards and identifying hazards.
- Electrical Safety Basics: Informational article on the basics of electrical safety.
- Electrical Safety Article: Link that provides you with a list of electrical safety articles as recommended reading.
- Electrical Safety Article List: List of additional recommended reading on electrical safety.