Monday, April 2, 2012
Swimming Outdoors
Read the article FIRST, then answer the questions below.
Questions:
1. What are the facts about drownings in New Zealand?
2. It says the ability of young people to swim is deteriorating and has reached a 'crisis level'.
a) What does deteriorating mean?
b) Why do you think young people's ability to swim is deteriorating?
c) What could be done about this?
3. Which group of people have always been considered the most at-risk of drowning?
4. What increases the risk of hypothermia in lakes?
5. What do you need to check before swimming in a.....
a) lake?
b) river?
1. What are the facts about drownings in New Zealand?
2. It says the ability of young people to swim is deteriorating and has reached a 'crisis level'.
a) What does deteriorating mean?
b) Why do you think young people's ability to swim is deteriorating?
c) What could be done about this?
3. Which group of people have always been considered the most at-risk of drowning?
4. What increases the risk of hypothermia in lakes?
5. What do you need to check before swimming in a.....
a) lake?
b) river?
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