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- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students work in small groups researching different aspects of the sun and skin. The groups summarize and answer questions about the material in a presentation to the class. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students examine the risks of tanning and UV exposure. They examine a number of tanning products and investigate how to protect their skin from the sun. They present the information in groups. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students investigate the relationships between certain environmental factors and levels of exposure to sunlight. The variables of location, time of year, and day, and the weather which affect the intensity of the sun are explored in this lesson. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students compare the perceived and actual risks of getting skin cancer, while looking at ways to minimize these risks. They may have very little grasp of the severity of the threat of skin cancer or be unaware of the increase in the incidence of melanoma since the early 1900s. Students conduct scientific investigations, they perform indoor and outdoor experiments that demonstrate the usefulness of different sunscreens for blocking ultraviolet light. Full Review »
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- 7th - 11th
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Students explore the importance of sun safety in relationship to skin cancer prevention. They test the effectiveness of various sunscreens and administer and analyze a simple survey to their peers. In adddition, they implement a public service campaign designed to increase student use of sunscreen and sun safety awareness. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the concept of skin cancer and its relation to using tanning beds that expose people to artificial ultraviolet rays. They research the effects and look for ways to prevent the onset of skin cancer from the information obtained. They compose public service announcements with the results of the research to discourage the use of tanning beds. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students investigate the cause and effect of skin cancer. They complete worksheets, view presentations and discuss the various types of ultraviolet rays and their impact on human health. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students identify the effects of sun damage and identify the differences between healthy and damaged skin cells due to over exposure to the sun. Students discuss what they will need to do to protect themselves from the suns harmful UV rays and what UV means and where it comes from. Finally students look in the newspaper to find where the maps of the country are located to find the different temperature readings. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students identify basic components of skin on a cross sectional diagram. They provide a basic description of cancer in terms of cell biology. Students explore the ABCD of skin cancer/mole evaluation and perform their own evaluation of "test moles." They name the three kinds of skin cancer and describe where in the skin they originate. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students identify and define that invisible UV rays can be harmful. Then they explore the effects of UV radiation on objects that react UV rays and what products are most effective in blocking UV rays. Students also make predictions about how objects will react to artificial UV rays (lights used in tanning salons) and develop an understanding of the UV index. Full Review »
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