We make considerable efforts to protect ourselves from a variety of hazards. We understand that environmental conditions such as air quality and hazardous waste can have long-term and persistent impacts to our wellbeing. The 21st century opened new areas of focus on human health and wellbeing as many scientists, engineers and researchers explore the effects of our surroundings – what we eat, breathe, touch and drink – and how they may affect our bodies. Considering the variety of issues related to human health and wellbeing, education must meet the challenge of reaching a wide range of audiences from policymakers, professionals, educators, and youth.
Why
Human Health and Wellbeing?
Technological innovations, combined with increasing globalization and environmental awareness, are changing how people live and work. In many ways, this progress enriches our lives. At UL Education and Outreach, we contribute to the protection of human health and wellbeing through our scientific research, data development, and education and outreach, while maintaining our focus on both immediate and long-term threats to human health and safety. As such, our programs, including Safety Smart, Xplorlabs, and the UL Innovative Education Award, take a wide view of safety. This ensures that educational materials focus on threats that can harm people in the short term, such as unintentional injuries, to those that have long-term and persistent impacts, such as indoor air quality, pollution, and environmental hazards.
Where we work: Human Health and Wellbeing
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Safety Smart Training Portal
Welcome to the online training portal for the global Safety Smart program. As an approved …
Welcome to the online training portal for the global Safety Smart program. As an approved Safety Smart Ambassador, you have the opportunity to share reassuring, clear, and confidence-building messages that will help children to live a better life. Once logged in, this is the homepage for the Disney Safety Smart Training Portal.
Wild About Safety with Timon & Pumbaa: Safety Smart® Honest & Real!
Timon and Pumbaa help children identify and practice good character traits. Key Safety Concepts: honesty, …
Timon and Pumbaa help children identify and practice good character traits. Key Safety Concepts: honesty, kindness, responsibility. Being Safety Smart® isn't just about travel safety, fire safety, or staying safe while searching the Internet–it is also about developing the character traits necessary to make our entire world a better place! Timon and Pumbaa show students how to identify and practice good character traits such as honesty, kindness, and responsibility. Whether they are offering a helping hand, doing their chores, or owning up to their mistakes, our favorite Safety Smart® duo use the study of good character to help students learn how to make responsible, positive choices that will improve their lives and the lives of the people around them. Because a better world is a safer world! This is the video/presentation page for the Wild About Safety Honest and Real lesson. This page is for English language, and it includes printable guides for Ambassadors, Parents and Educators
Wild About Safety with Timon & Pumbaa: Safety Smart® On The Go!
Timon and Pumbaa show children the importance of being Safety Smart when they are traveling …
Timon and Pumbaa show children the importance of being Safety Smart when they are traveling by vehicle or by foot. Key Safety Concepts: slow down, pay attention, use proper safety equipment, don't distract. Join Timon and Pumbaa as they travel the globe in style - and safety! This hilarious and helpful adventure explores safe practices in travel, whether by bus, car, motor scooter, plane, train, boat - or ostrich! Life is a journey, so make sure yours is a safe one, regardless of where you’re traveling and wherever you’re going - thanks to Timon and Pumbaa. This is the video/presentation page for the Wild About Safety Healthy and Fit lesson. This page includes printable guides for Ambassadors, Parents and Educators
Wild About Safety with Timon & Pumbaa: Safety Smart® Healthy & Fit!
Timon and Pumbaa show children how to stay healthy. Key Safety Concepts: exercise, healthy eating, …
Timon and Pumbaa show children how to stay healthy. Key Safety Concepts: exercise, healthy eating, hand washing. Timon and Pumbaa show students how to be healthy and fit with their germ-free philosophy. From the importance of hand-washing to making healthy food choices, Timon and Pumbaa Safety Smart® Checklist is brimming with valuable, kid-friendly lessons about how to prevent the spread of germs and how to maintain overall well-being. Now that’s Safety Smart®! This is the video/presentation page for the Wild About Safety Healthy and Fit lesson. This page includes printable guides for Ambassadors, Parents and Educators.
Wild About Safety with Timon & Pumbaa: Safety Smart® Online!
Timon and Pumbaa show children how to stay safe on the Internet. Key Safety Concepts: …
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
Wild About Safety with Timon & Pumbaa: Safety Smart® At Home!
Timon and Pumbaa show students how to stay safe at home. Key Safety Concepts: smoke …
Timon and Pumbaa show students how to stay safe at home. Key Safety Concepts: smoke alarms, overloaded electrical outlets, electrical heaters. Timon and Pumbaa from Disney’s The Lion King are Wild About Safety®. With their Safety Smart® Checklist in hand, the two friends inspect a possible new home to make sure it is a safe place to live. Their investigation turns up plenty of safety problems, and in the end, Timon and Pumbaa decide there’s no place better than the home they’re in now. This is the video/presentation page for the Wild About Safety At Home lesson. This page includes printable guides for Ambassadors, Parents, and Educators.
Winderiffic
This is a video we discover the history of wind being harnessed for energy, the …
This is a video we discover the history of wind being harnessed for energy, the physics of motion, and the importance of innovation. This resource and video can be used to supplement a force and motion unit or as a supplement to renewable energies studies.
Safety Smart – Carbon Monoxide Safety
This combination of hands-on activity and video helps teach students about the dangers of carbon …
This combination of hands-on activity and video helps teach students about the dangers of carbon monoxide in buildings and homes, how to detect it, and what to do if carbon monoxide is present. This resource can be used in the classroom or afterschool program or sent to families to create a home escape plan with their children.
Road Safety Video (texting and walking)
Children move about using different modes of independent transportation including bicycles, skateboards, and snowboards. This …
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.