Living With Sunshine - Unit 1 -
Activity Synopsis:
Setting The Stage
• 1.1 Let’s Explore Alarms!
Students explore the alarms around us, including our own body alarms.
Learning Activities
• 1.2 A Closer Look at Skin.
Students take a closer look at skin by examining their own arm and recording
their findings.
• 1.3 Fading Fast.
This simple experiment demonstrates the fading capabilities 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 reveal key terms used in this unit.
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Limiting Time In The Sun - Unit
2 - Activity Synopsis:
Setting The Stage
• 2.1 Storybook: Willie Widebrim’s Sun Safe Day (Episode 1).
The storybook introduces sun safety and its importance. This story focuses
on finding shade by presenting the various sources Willie Widebrim encounters
along his journey.
Learning Activities
• 2.2 Welcome to Sun Safety!
This discussion and activity introduce the concepts of sun safety and
shade.
• 2.3 Favorite Shade Art.
This art activity reinforces what students learned about sources of
shade. It provides a format for the students to express on paper their
ideas about staying in the shade.
Wrapping It Up
• 2.4 Find Shade Finale!
After a brief review of the main points stressed in this unit, students
go outside to play the Outdoor Shade 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 using small and large muscle movements in an outdoor
setting.
Assessing Student Learning, Unit 2
• 2.5 Which Things Make Sun-Safe Shade?
In this assessment activity, students identify things that make sun-safe
shade.
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Wearing Cover-Up Clothes - Unit
3 - Activity Synopsis:
Setting the Stage
• 3.1 Storybook: Willie Widebrim’s Sun-Safe Day (Episode 2).
This episode introduces the importance of protecting the skin from the
sun’s rays by wearing cover-up clothing. Cover-up clothing items
are described as Willie continues his search for C.J.
Learning Activities
• 3.2 Sun-Safe Me.
This activity and the discussion focus on wearing cover-up clothes for
sun safety. Students make pop-up portraits of themselves dressed in
cover-up clothes.
• 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 Poem.
This poem reinforces taking care of yourself and covering-up to be sun
safe. Hand and body movements are used to act out the poem.
Assessing Student Learning, Unit 3
• 3.5 Cover-Up and Be Sun Safe.
Students identify, color and count the sun-safe clothing and hats to
test their knowledge.
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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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