Discuss some guidelines for the safe use of medicine. Never take another person's medicine. Discuss why medicines have safety caps. Discuss the child-safety caps found on most medicine containers. Safety caps on medicines help protect toddlers and other children.
Students rate the safety of different medicine containers.
Be sure students have paper and pencils. Distribute empty medicine containers to students and ask them to try to open each safety cap. Have each student rate each container. Reflect, summarize and discuss. Review student rankings of the safety caps.