Health Quest: Walking and Biking to School

Learning Task 3

My Community

Background

In this Learning Task you learn about the realities of walking and biking to school in your community.  From this assignment you will be able to explain the walking and biking conditions of your community, and the challenges that exist in creating safe routes to your school.  By performing a community assessment activity, you will gain experience in data collection and interpretation.

Colloquium Form Three: Community

Research Task

Using the provided worksheets to assist you, gather the appropriate information to answer one of the following questions about walking and biking in your community.

3A. How can I map the safe routes to my school?

http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/guide/engineering/school_route_maps.cfm

3B. How walkable is my community?

http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/resources/education_walkability-checklist.cfm

3C. How bikeable is my community?

http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/resources/education_bikeability-checklist.cfm

3D. What do parents in our school think about walking and biking to school?

http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/resources/evaluation_parents-survey.cfm

3E.

http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/resources/evaluation_student-in-class-travvel-talley.cfm

3F. What are the challenges to my community in creating safe routes to school at pick-up and drop-off?

-Follow link below to the SRTS website and read Student Drop-off and Pick-up

http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/guide/dropoff_pickup/index.cfm
-Take photos of your school pick up and drop off
-What’s wrong with this picture

-Follow the link below to review 7 Vermont Case Studies

http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/contacts/VT.cfm