Sun Safety Teaching Materials

Compiled March 2001 by the

Skin Cancer Prevention Program

Cancer Prevention & Nutrition Section

California Department of Health Services

 

·       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

 

·       Grades K-8: SunWise School Program.  No cost.  Contact: Environmental Protection Agency.  800-296-1996. www.epa.gov/sunwise

 

·       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.

                                 

·       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.

 

·       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 Today’s Youth”)

Contact: University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.  713-745-1205.                                                                  

www.mdanderson.org/%7esafety.

 

·       Grades 6-9: A Weird Day at the Beach, (video).  $3.                                                                  Contact: American Cancer Society.  800-227-2345.

 

·       Grades 7-8: Sun Guard Man.  $10.  Contact: Coalition for Skin Cancer Prevention in Maryland.  800-492-1056, Ext. 340.

 

·       Grades 9-12: SunSmart America, (for use in biology class).  $10.                     Contact: Richard David Kann Melanoma Foundation.  561-687-2400.

 

·       Grades K-8+: UV-reactive beads, T-shirts, and paints.                                      Contact: Educational Innovations, Inc.  888-912-7474.

www.teachersource.com.