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Safety First:
A Beachgoers Guide

Introduction

Does a day at the beach sound like the perfect getaway to you? For many Californians, and especially San Diegans, the beach is simply a way of life. However, we aren't the only people who feel this way. Hundreds of thousands of tourists visit our beaches each summer and our economy depends on those tourist dollars. Providing a safe, family environment for them as well as ourselves is a top priority to the San Diego Tourism Bureau and the San Diego Lifeguard Association. Your job is to create and design, with a partner, a "Beach and Ocean Safety Guide". This guide will be distributed by the San Diego Tourism Bureau, San Diego Lifeguard Headquarters and local beach area hotels, restaurants and shops.

The Task

The San Diego Tourism Bureau and San Diego Lifeguard Association expect the Beach and Ocean Safety Guide to:

• contain exact and accurate information about beach and ocean safety tips,
• be attractive, colorful, neat and easy to use,
• be carefully designed,
• include drawings and written text and
• address and answer important questions about beach and ocean safety.

In order to gain background information explore these web-sites and answer the questions afterwards.

Beach Safety Specialist	Ocean Safety Specialist
Print out the questions to guide your reading of the articles below.	Print out the questions to guide your reading of the articles below.
Tragic water accidents can happen in an instant.Research Beach and Water Safety to become informed on how to prevent these accidents. Answer the questions that relate to this article.	Find out how lifeguards teach water safety to students. Read about the ocean safety tips. Answer questions pertaining to these articles.
Beach cliffs are eroding away! Read the article to see what's being done to stabilize the bluffs. Answer the questions that relate to this article.	Find out how groundswells affect our beaches. Read the article and answer the questions from this article.
During winter high tides, waves are throwing stones up onto Coast Highway. Read the article and answer the questions that relate it.	Read the article Water Sports Basics to find out about fun and safe vacation at the beach. Answer the questions that relate to it.

The Process

Use this a step-by-step process to help you complete this project:

1. Choose a partner to work on this activity with you.
2. Decide who will be the Beach Specialist and Ocean Specialist.
3. Print out the questions in your specialty area. Find the Print icon on Netscape Press it to print your document.
4. Read the articles under your specialty.
5. Answer the questions on your printout.
6. Share the information you gathered with your partner at your desks.
7. Together decide what information you feel is important to put into your beach and safety brochure.
8. With your partner, design your San Diego Ocean and Beach Safety Guide.
9. See samples below.
10. Use the evaluation rubric to help you determine what needs to be added to your brochure.

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Evaluation

You will be evaluated based on the brochure you design. The information on the brochure should be thorough and the product should contain exact and accurate information about beach and ocean safety tips. It should be attractive, colorful, neat and easy to use. It also should be carefully designed, include drawings, written text and address important questions about beach and ocean safety.

Conclusion

Upon completion of this project you will have:

• a better understanding of ocean and beach safety facts and techniques.
• awareness and ability to create a logical and creative brochure that will inform others on ocean and beach safety.
• improved technology skills including a working knowledge of the internet.
• improved research skills.
• additional career awareness.