ASRTS Handbook & Resource Guide

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Cover and Acknowledgements

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 – How to Use this Guide

Chapter 2 – Introduction

Chapter 3 – Making the Case

Chapter 4 – Implementation

4.1 Special Events (IWALK Month, Clean Air Day)

• Sample media release and backgrounder, pages 26-27
• Sample radio public service announcements, page 29
• Sample feedback form, page 32
• Sample tally sheet, page 33
• Clean Air Day – Walk to School 2010 poster competition notice

4.2 Walking/Wheeling Wednesdays Club

• Walking Wednesdays Club flyer, pages 36-37
• Sample Walking Wednesdays Club poster, page 38
• 23 quick ideas for your Walking Wednesdays Club, pages 40-42

4.3 Walking School Bus

• Luggage tag for Walking School Bus participants, page 55
• Letter, flyer and sign-up sheet, pages 56-58
• The Top 10 reasons to Have a Walking School Bus, page 59
• Sample newsletter article, page 61

4.4 Walking Buddies

4.5 Walk-a-Block Zones

4.6 Neighbourhood Walkabout

• Traffic survey and neighbourhood walkabout questionnaire, pages 69-73

4.7 Best Routes to School Maps and Mapping Activities

4.8 Idle-Free Zones

Chapter 5 – Evaluation

• Parent transportation survey, page 83
• Student transportation survey, page 87
• Sample walkability survey (Green Communities Canada), pages 88-89

Chapter 6 – Curriculum Integration

• Kindergarten
• Grade 1
• Grade 2
• Grade 3
• Grade 4
• Grade 5
• Grade 6
• Grade 7
• Grade 8

Chapter 7 – Fun and Games

• Can you spy the signs of fall, page 117
• Can you spy the signs of winter, page 118
• Can you spy the signs of spring, page 119
• Paper doll art celebrating active transportation, page 120
• Sample fortune teller sheet, page 121

To download the handbook in French, please click here/ Pour télécharger ce guide en francais, cliquez ici s’il vous plait

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