Programs and Materials

Adventures of the Lead Busters Club

A lead-safety curriculum for grades 1-3, in English and Spanish

Adventures of the Lead Busters Club is a lead-poisoning prevention curriculum that includes an activity book for children and background information for teachers and parents/guardians. The children’s activities include reading, writing, problem solving, a word search, a simple board game, and discussion.

Click to download an English activity book, teacher’s guide, and certificate of completion

Click to download a Spanish activity book, teacher’s guide, and certificate of completion

Click to inquire about paper copies of Adventures of the Lead Busters Club/Aventuras del Club de los Detectives del Plomo. Please specify whether you are interested in English or Spanish.

Click for an electronic version of this curriculum

Henry and Fred Learn about Lead

A bilingual lead-safety picture book for very young children, in English and Spanish

Henry and Fred Learn about Lead is a simple rhyming story that teaches young children about the dangers of lead poisoning and how they can protect themselves. It is designed for adults—parents, grandparents, guardians, childcare workers, teachers, and others—to read aloud to young children. The book can also be used for young readers and low-literacy adults. Additional information for adults is presented at the end of the text.

The book is written to inform but not frighten children, as well as to instruct the adults who read it. Appealing graphics reinforce the lead-safety messages.

Click to order copies from the National Lead Information Center. Ask for publication 061.

Click to see a 60-second public service announcement with Henry and Fred.

Click to browse through the book page by page.

(Click the corner of each page

to move forward or backward.)

Click to download a companion activity book

Click to see an interactive activity book

How Mother Bear Taught the Children about Lead

A lead-safety curriculum for Native American children in grades 3-5

How Mother Bear Taught the Children about Lead teaches Native American children to identify the dangers associated with lead. It explains that lead is a poisonous substance that can make children sick. This curriculum helps children to recognize the sources of lead dangers in their environments, especially the most common sources: the dust and flakes from old, lead-based paint. It also notes other sources of lead: fishing sinkers, shotgun pellets, water from old lead pipes, and soil contaminated by leaded gasoline. Finally, the curriculum teaches children simple ways they can protect themselves and their younger siblings from lead dangers.

The curriculum uses themes and images that are culturally relevant for Native American children in grades 3-4 across North America. It has been designed for use by classroom teachers in conjunction with other aspects of the curriculum, such as language arts and science activities. A teacher’s guide provides additional information about lead poisoning, as well as information for parents and guardians.

Click to download an activity book, teacher’s guide, and certificate of completion.

Click to request paper copies of How Mother Bear Taught the Children about Lead

How the Children Learned to Save Water

A water-conservation curriculum for Native American children in grades 3-5

Water is a crucial natural resource. Without water, there would be no life on Earth. Water also affects our health, lifestyle, and economic well being. On average, Americans use 100 gallons of water each day—in and around our homes (for cleaning, preparing food, and recreation), and in industry and agriculture (for transportation, generating power, and raising plants and animals).

Preventing water pollution and conserving water will help to ensure an adequate supply of usable water for ourselves and for future generations. Using water wisely, as described in this book, helps to protect the quantity and quality of our water resources.

This program has been developed for, and in cooperation with, the Seneca Nation of Indians. Besides teaching about water conservation, it supports Seneca children in learning about and honoring their cultural heritage. In this book, the Seneca clan animals teach students how to use water wisely.

Click to download an activity book, teacher's guide, and descriptive brochure.

For permission to print copies of this booklet or to adapt this booklet for other tribal languages and cultures, please contact the Seneca Nation of Indians Allegany Territory Department of Education at (716) 945-1790 or via email.

The Healthy Environments for Children Initiative, developers of the booklet, would welcome the opportunity to help other tribes adapt this material if the Seneca Nation grants permission to do so.