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Fire Drill Steps Walkthrough

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About this MicroSim

Fire Drill Steps Walkthrough is an interactive MicroSim for this health-education textbook.

Students explain the steps of a school fire drill in order, using a step-through walkthrough with concrete classroom scenes at each stage.

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Bloom's Taxonomy level: Understand (L2) — explain, describe, summarize

Lesson Plan

Audience

This MicroSim is designed for Grade 1. For the K-3 bands the teacher typically drives the activity on a shared screen; older students can explore the MicroSim independently.

Learning Objective

Students explain the steps of a school fire drill in order, using a step-through walkthrough with concrete classroom scenes at each stage.

This activity targets Bloom's Understand (L2) (explain, describe, summarize).

Suggested Use (about 10 minutes)

  1. Warm up (2 min). Ask students what they already know about the topic and let one volunteer describe what they see on the screen.
  2. Model it (3 min). Demonstrate the interaction once, thinking aloud so students hear the reasoning behind each choice.
  3. Guided practice (3 min). Invite students to try the interaction and to predict what will happen before they act.
  4. Discuss (2 min). Ask why the result came out the way it did, connecting the on-screen result back to the learning objective above.

Check for Understanding

Have each student (or pair) explain their result in one sentence, using the vocabulary from this chapter. Look for reasoning that matches the Understand-level objective rather than a lucky guess.

Specification

The full specification below was extracted from Chapter 6: Staying Safe at Home, School, and Online.

Type: microsim
**sim-id:** fire-drill-steps-walkthrough<br/>
**Library:** p5.js<br/>
**Status:** Specified

Bloom Taxonomy: Understand (L2)
Bloom Taxonomy Verb: explain, describe, summarize

Learning objective: Students explain the steps of a school fire drill in order, using a step-through walkthrough with concrete classroom scenes at each stage.

Canvas layout:
- Left area (450px): One classroom scene per step, shown one at a time
- Right area (150px): "Next Step" and "Previous Step" buttons, a step counter ("Step 2 of 5"), and an infobox

Visual elements:
- Step 1: Alarm cue sounds, shown as a simple sound-wave icon above the classroom
- Step 2: Students line up calmly at the door
- Step 3: Teacher leads the line out of the classroom
- Step 4: Class walks to the designated safe spot outside
- Step 5: Teacher checks that every student is present

Interactive controls:
- Button: "Next Step" (advances to the next classroom scene)
- Button: "Previous Step" (returns to the prior scene)
- Step counter always visible

Default parameters:
- Starts at Step 1 (alarm cue)

Data Visibility Requirements:
  Stage 1: Show the alarm cue and a caption: "The alarm is the cue that a drill or emergency is starting."
  Stage 2: Show students lining up and a caption: "Everyone lines up calmly — no running."
  Stage 3: Show the teacher leading the line with a caption: "Students follow the teacher's directions."
  Stage 4: Show the walk to the safe spot with a caption: "The class walks to the same safe spot every time."
  Stage 5: Show the attendance check with a caption: "The teacher checks that everyone made it out safely."

Behavior:
- Each click of "Next Step" reveals the next scene and caption; "Previous Step" allows review
- A final summary caption appears after Step 5: "Practicing these steps means everyone knows exactly what to do, so a real emergency feels calm and familiar."

Instructional Rationale: This is an Understand-level (explain/describe) objective, so the MicroSim uses a step-through walkthrough with concrete scenes and captions rather than continuous animation, letting students trace each step of the process in order and in their own time.

Implementation notes: Use p5.js. Keep every scene calm and orderly — no depictions of fire, smoke, or danger, only the organized practice behavior. Teacher can pause on any step to connect it to the school's real drill procedure.

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