Hey Safe Boater Kids! - dnr.alaska.gov

1 Hey Safe Boater Kids! There's no place like alaska for fun on the , like all outdoor activities, boating comeswith some risks. The biggest risk to alaska 's boat-ers is a fall overboard or a boat capsizing (flipsover). alaska 's cold water can quickly take yourbreath away and make swimming really hard. Themost important thing is to ALWAYS WEAR YOURLIFE JACKET when in an open boat or on deck. Bywearing your life jacket you can stay afloat so youcan breathe, rescue yourself, or be more easilyseen by others so you can be this book you'll find all sorts of things to do,with tips that help make boating both safer andmore fun. We hope you enjoy , kids Don't Float,Life Jackets Do!Ranger If you're out on thewater this summer and wesee you wearing your lifejacket, we may have aspecial prize for you!

2 This alaska Boater kids activity Bookbelongs to_____1 Always wear your life jacket when in aboat or near the water!2 The best life jacket one you wear!3 Look for the manufacturer s label on alife jacket to determine if it s Guard not, why?Ranger Roger wants to know ifyou think this life jacket is inserviceable is an example of a reallygood life it brightly!6 Draw lines matching the life jacket tothe person it will fit the kidwho has the bestfitting yours fit?8 Make sure your life jacket ison correctly and all thebuckles you can t get your life jacketon correctly, ask someone to the life jacket touchdown Put on your life jacket. Make sure all thebuckles are Raise your arms above your head, just likea referee signaling a Have a grownup pull up on the the life jacket stays in place, it it touches your ears, it s too turn your head.

3 If it touches yourchin, it s too you draw somethingto make her safer?12 Life jackets help protect us becauseAlaska s water is _ _ _ alaska scoldwater canbe yourlife jacket! Ranger Joe Joe is wearing a life jacket called a float coat. 14 Overloading a boat is a capsize and loadyour boat only what youneed to be the SIX items you d take shoespiglife jacketdumb belltype IV throwableseat cushionbow and arrowpotted plantbowling balland footballboxing glovesgas cangolf clubextra clothes inwaterproof bagsuitcase first aid kitOars(in case motor fails)portablemagic act16In which boat do you think you d be safer?Boat 117 Boat 218 Circle one:Boat 1 - The Cool Cruiser orBoat 2 - The MisadventureWhich of these two pictures shows thecorrect way to load a boat?

4 1920 PARENTS:It s the LAW!Persons under theage of thirteenMUST wear theirPFD in an open boator on a wants to go boating, but this small boat only hasroom for three people at a hereCircle the three safeboater kids who arealready prepared to goboating, and show themthe way to the Boater kids CROSSWORDTest your knowledge of boating terms!252627 kids Don t Float ExaminationStudent Name: _____Circle the BEST should everyone wear life jackets when in an open boat or on an open deck?a. they are Coast Guard approvedb. they keep you afloat in cold waterc. they keep you from falling overboardd. it s the is an example of a risky behavior when boating?a. water skiingb. operating personal watercraftc. yelling and wavingd. sitting on your life manufacturer s label on a life jacket provides what kind of information?

5 A. the price and where it was purchasedb. how well it will float the wearerc. who the jacket belongs tod. the kinds of uses that it is approved is the best life jacket?a. the one that you will wearb. the one that s the newestc. an inflatabled. a does serviceable condition mean as it relates to life jackets?a. the expiration date has not passedb. it is free of serious damage, and all the fasteners workc. it has plenty of pocketsd. the label says it is Coast Guard law requires a person under what age to wear a Coast Guard approved PFDwhen in an open boat or on the deck of a boat?a. 11b. 12c. 13d. is one way to prevent a cold water immersion from happening?a. wearing a life jacketb. knowing how to swimc.

6 Wearing warm clothing and eating a good meald. practicing safe behavior in a is one of the ways cold water can kill?a. frostbiteb. gasp reflexc. giardiasisd. is one way a life jacket can help in the event of a cold water immersion?a. assists with breath controlb. keeps you comfortablec. stops heat lossd. keeps you is an example of safe behavior in a boat?a. reaching overboard for an objectb. riding on the bow of the boatc. seating everyone on the same sided. staying seated and keeping the boat balancedAnswer KeyPage 7 - The adult needs the life jacket in the middle, the infant needsthe life jacket on the right, and the little girl needs the one the adultis 8 - The girl in the bottom left corner has a life jacket that 12 - Draw a life jacket on the little 15 and 16 - If you re going boating you should take a life jacket,throwable seat cushion, gas can (and gas!)

7 , oars (in case you run out ofgas or have engine failure), extra clothes in a water-proof bag, and afirst aid 13 - alaska s water is C O L D!Pages 17 and 18 - Boat 1 is the 19 and 20 - The people on page 19 know the correct way to load 25 and 26 - Crossword answers29 IWoW!Putyour picturehere!I am a Safe Boater ve learned a lot!Now that you know about boating safety, tell yourfamily and friends.