Sun
Safety Teaching Materials
Compiled
March 2001 by the
Skin
Cancer Prevention Program
Cancer
Prevention & Nutrition Section
California
Department of Health Services
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Ages preschool-K: California
Early Childhood Sun Protection Curriculum.
Hot Shots, (video).
Poster. All at no cost. Contact: Skin Cancer Prevention Program,
California Department of Health Services.
(916) 322-2154. www.ca5aday.com/resources/rsc_skin.htm
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Grades K-8: SunWise
School Program. No cost. Contact: Environmental Protection
Agency. 800-296-1996. www.epa.gov/sunwise
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Grades K-8: Sun
Safety Activity Guide (while supplies last). No cost. Sun
Safety: A Growing Health Concern, (video) - $30. Contact: National Safety Council. 800-557-2366. www.nsc.org/ehc/sunsafe.htm.
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Grades K-5: Sunny
Days Healthy Ways - Resource Kit on CD-ROM. $39.99.
Grades 4-5: Sunny Days Healthy Ways
- Interactive CD-ROM. $19.99. Grades K-12: Sun Safe School Guide. No
cost.
Contact: AMC Cancer Research Center.
303-242-3342. www http://sdhw.info/index.asp.
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Grades 4-5: Project SAFETY
(elementary school module).
$69.50.
Grades 7-8: Project SAFETY
(middle school module). $69.50.
Grades 9-12: Project
SAFETY (high school module).
$69.50.
(SAFETY stands for Sun Awareness for Educating Todays
Youth)
Contact: University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer
Center. 713-745-1205.
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Grades 6-9: A Weird Day at the Beach, (video). $3.
Contact: American Cancer Society.
800-227-2345.
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Grades 7-8: Sun Guard Man. $10.
Contact: Coalition for Skin Cancer Prevention in Maryland. 800-492-1056, Ext. 340.
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Grades 9-12: SunSmart America, (for use in biology class).
$10. Contact:
Richard David Kann Melanoma Foundation.
561-687-2400.
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Grades K-8+: UV-reactive beads, T-shirts,
and paints. Contact: Educational
Innovations, Inc. 888-912-7474.