Living With Sunshine - Unit 1 - Activity Synopsis:
Setting The Stage
• 1.1 Raisins and Grapes.
This activity sets the stage for the four sun safety units. It compares
a raisin and a grape to human skin to illustrate the effect that too
much sun exposure can have on unprotected skin.
Learning Activities
• 1.2 What’s My Skin Phototype?
Students describe how their skin reacts to the sun and identify their
skin phototype. They examine how skin phototype can affect sun exposure
and skin damage.
• 1.3 Where In The World Is UV Light The Strongest?
Students investigate ways that the main characteristics of their environment
(such as latitude, elevation and weather) can affect the amount of sun
exposure they receive compared to people from other regions of the world.
Wrapping It Up
• 1.4 My Photo Poem.
In this summary activity, students compose a poem about their skin phototype
and risk for sun damage using the Japanese haiku format.
• 1.5 My Outdoor Activity Chart.
In this assignment, students record their outdoor activities and the
amount of time they spend outdoors during daylight hours for up to a
week.
Assessing Student Learning, Unit 1
• 1.6 Make a Sun-Safe Choice.
After reading a scenario, students help the characters decide who needs
to be the most careful to protect themselves in the sun.
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Limiting Time In The Sun - Unit 2 - Activity Synopsis:
Setting the Stage
• 2.1 How Much Time Do You Spend In The Sun?
Students examine how much time they typically spend in the sun, especially
during peak sun intensity hours (10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.). Students
identify changes they could make to their current behavior to become
more sun safe.
Learning Activities
• 2.2 Tracking Ultraviolet Light.
In this outdoor experiment, students learn about visible and invisible
light, peak sun intensity hours and shade. They measure the intensity
of ultraviolet light throughout the day using a UV card. They learn
the importance of staying out of the sun or in the shade during peak
sun intensity hours.
Wrapping It Up
• 2.3 Time To Be Sun Safe.
Students list their favorite outdoor activities and identify the most
sun-safe time to do them.
Assessing Student Learning, Unit 2
• 2.4 Play It Safe In The Sun.
After reading a scenario, students help the characters decide when the
best time of day would be to plan each of their listed activities. Students
explain their decisions.
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Wearing Cover-Up Clothes - Unit 3 - Activity Synopsis:
Setting the Stage
• 3.1 What Were You Wearing Outdoors?
Students look at what they were wearing in their Outdoor Activity Chart
entries. Students learn that clothing is a sunblock and that wearing
cover-up clothing is the second way to reduce sun exposure.
Learning Activities
• 3.2 What Makes Clothing Sun Safe?
In this experiment, students will evaluate the ability of clothing to
block ultraviolet light based on its construction (tightness of the
weave). They will do this using a UV intensity card.
• 3.3 What Is Cover-Up Clothing?
In this reading and comprehension activity, students learn about the
sun-protectiveness of different types of clothing (shirts, pants, shoes,
swimsuits, hats and sunglasses). Students read brief histories about
different types of clothing and answer questions on what they have read.
Students examine how clothing style, construction, and color affect
sun safety and how clothing trends have changed over time. They discover
which clothing choices they can make to be sun safe.
Wrapping It Up
• 3.4 My Pledge.
In this summary activity, students review their own sun-safe actions
and make a personal pledge to put what they have learned into practice.
Assessing Student Learning, Unit 3
• 3.5 The Cover-Up Kids.
After reading a scenario, students determine which friend is dressed
in the most sun-safe clothes. Students describe what the other friends
could do to be more sun safe. Students explain their decisions.
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Using Sunscreen - Unit 4 - Activity Synopsis:
Setting the Stage
• 4.1 Were You Wearing Sunscreen?
Students look at whether they were wearing sunscreen in their Outdoor
Activity Chart entries. Students learn that using sunscreen is the third
line of defense against the damaging rays of the sun.
Learning Activities
• 4.2 Sunscreen Facts and Fiction.
Students learn about sunscreen, how to use it and when to use it by
taking a true/false quiz and discussing the correct answers as a class.
• 4.3. Design A Sunscreen Advertisement.
In this small group activity, students design and present a persuasive
and informative print advertisement for a new sunscreen product.
Wrapping It Up
• 4.4 Rap It Up.
A simple rap song is used to reinforce sunscreen concepts.
Assessing Student Learning, Unit 4
• 4.5 SPF Math.
After reading an imaginary scenario, students help the characters solve
SPF math problems.
Assessing Student Learning, Units 1-4
• 4.6 My Sun-Safe Summer.
Students use sun safety words from all four units to write a short essay.
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