Don’t Feel the Burn!

Children move about using different modes of independent transportation including bicycles, skateboards, and snowboards. This collection of fun videos shows children being reminded in some laugh-out-loud ways to remember their safety equipment. There's even a video about the dangers of 'smartphone' walking. The videos can be used in school classrooms, afterschool programs, or at home.

Timon and Pumbaa help children learn how to stay safe in the water. Key Safety Concepts: feet first, life jackets, lifeguards. Timon and Pumbaa are Wild About Safety®! When they head out for a day at their favorite watering hole, Timon and Pumba learn that fun in the water starts with safety. Armed with their Safety Smart® checklist, Timon and Pumbaa share valuable water safety lessons such as checking for a lifeguard, swimming with a buddy, and reading all posted safety signs before entering the water. This is the video/presentation page for the Wild About Safety In The Water lesson. This page includes printable guides for Ambassadors, Parents, and Educators.

Timon and Pumbaa show children how to stay safe on the Internet. Key Safety Concepts: cyber safety, Internet searches, information permanence. Timon and Pumbaa learn they need more than a computer or a game console to surf the web – they need safety smarts! Our friends learn the importance of protecting their personal information, how to be responsible digital citizens, and what to do if they are bullied. Abstract concepts like the Internet, information permanence, and anonymity become easy to understand when our favorite safety ambassadors lead the way. This is the video/presentation page for the Wild About Safety Online Safety lesson. This page is for English language, and it includes printable guides for Ambassadors, Parents and Educators

Inside UL's laboratories, lithium-ion batteries are pushed to the extreme so when it comes to evaluating the safety limits of mobile devices, like hoverboards, engineers understand how the batteries will operate within the device even under extreme conditions. In these videos, students can watch the drop test and projectile test filmed at the labs. This video supplements lessons on safety science and engineering, engineering and design, and energy. The video can also be used to introduce UL Xplorlabs Portable Electrical Power. See the News and Events page for articles about UL battery safety testing and safety standards created for lithium-ion batteries.

This combination of hands-on activity and video help students visually understand why smoke rises in a fire and how quickly a fire can spread, leading them to the science behind the safety of installing a smoke detector up high and how sprinkler systems work. This resource can be used during fire safety education both in the classroom and afterschool programs.