Living With Sunshine - Unit 1 - Activity Synopsis:
Setting The Stage
•1.1 Our Body Sends Us Messages!
Students explore sunburns as the body’s alarm that it is getting
too much sun.
Learning Activities
•1.2 A Closer Look at Skin.
Students take a closer look at skin characteristics, eye color, and
hair color and record their class statistics on simple bar graphs.
•1.3 Fading C.J.
This experiment illustrates how sunlight changes the physical properties
of an object. Students discuss the helpful and harmful effects of the
sun.
Wrapping It Up
•1.4 Sun and You.
Students review the main points stressed in this unit.
Assessing Student Learning, Unit 1
•1.5 Sun and You Secret Decoder.
Students use a secret decoder to review key terms.
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Limiting Time In The Sun - Unit 2 -Activity Synopsis:
Setting The Stage
• 2.1 Storybook: C.J. & Natalie’s Sunsational Puzzle Quest
(Episode 1).
The storybook introduces sun safety and its importance. This story focuses
on finding five sources of shade by presenting C.J. and Natalie with
a puzzle that Sherman Shadetree helps them to solve.
Learning Activities
•2.2 Welcome to Sun Safety!
This discussion and activity introduce the concepts of sun safety and
shade.
• 2.3 How Big Is the Shadow?
This observation activity introduces the relationship between the sun,
changes in shade (shadows), and time of day. Simple concepts of time,
counting, and graphing are utilized to demonstrate the best time of
day to find sun-safe shade.
Wrapping It Up
• 2.4 Shade Tag!
After a brief review of the main points stressed in this unit, students
go outside to play the Shade Tag Game. This exercise teaches them to
use their knowledge of shade through application in a real setting.
It emphasizes making proper choices of available shade sources on the
playground while utilizing small and large muscle movements in an outdoor
setting.
Assessing Student Learning, Unit 2
• 2.5 Go Ahead . . . Make My Shade!
Students use information presented in this unit to write sentences about
shade.
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Wearing Cover-Up Clothes - Unit 3 - Activity Synopsis:
Setting the Stage
• 3.1 Storybook: C.J. & Natalie’s Sunsational Puzzle Quest
(Episode 2).
This episode introduces the importance of protecting skin from the sun’s
rays by wearing sun cover-up clothing. C.J. and Natalie solve their
second puzzle with help from Willie Widebrim.
Learning Activities
• 3.2 Cover-Up Count Down.
This math and graphing activity introduces students to cover-up clothing.
Students take a survey of types of clothes worn by classmates and graph
them.
• 3.3 Rate the Hats!
This activity includes a discussion and classroom exercise in rating
different hats according to their sun protection ability.
Wrapping It Up
• 3.4 Cover-up Sorting Game.
This game teaches students to recognize and properly sort sun-safe items.
Pictures of different clothes are displayed, and students decide how
to classify them (sun safe or not sun safe).
Assessing Student Learning, Unit 3
• 3.5 Fun in the Sun.
To solve this picture crossword puzzle, students must write the key
sun safety words in the proper squares.
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Using Sunscreen - Unit 4 - Activity Synopsis:
Setting The Stage
• 4.1 Storybook: Willie Widebrim’s Sun-Safe Day (Episode 3).
This story presents information about taking care of your body by being
sun safe. This final episode focuses on the importance of protecting
the skin from the sun’s rays by using sunscreen. It also summarizes
the importance of all three ways to be sun safe–finding shade,
wearing cover-up clothes, and using sunscreen.
Learning Activities
• 4.2 Cover-Up Picture Game.
This game helps students learn the 5 Ws of sunscreen—what you should
wear (sunscreen lotion and lip balm), who should wear it (everyone),
when you should wear it (everyday), where you should wear it (on all
exposed skin), and why you should wear it (to keep from getting a sunburn).
• 4.3 Sun-Safe Students.
To reinforce the 5 Ws of sunscreen, students discuss sunscreen use in
different situations. A letter and number recognition activity encourages
them to be sun-safe students.
Wrapping It Up
• 4.4 When and Where to Use Sunscreen.
Students apply their knowledge of sunscreen lotion, lip balm and cover-up
clothes to four outdoor activity scenarios.
Assessing Student Learning, Unit 4
• 4.5 Who’s the Most Sun Safe?
This esteem-building exercise gives students the opportunity to apply
sun safety knowledge to their lives.
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