Establishing introductory knowledge about skin cancer and sun safety
Before embarking on a design challenge or research task related to skin cancer and sun safety, it is important for students to develop an understanding of:
•the importance of protection from the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays to avoid skin cancer
•the key messages for sun safety, especially as they pertain to clothing, hats and sunglasses.
Teacher notes 1: Establishing knowledge about skin cancer and sun safety describes and provides links to teacher and student resources to help develop this understanding of skin cancer and sun-safety. The resources include teaching ideas and two slide-show presentations, as well as fact files, two three-level guides and other student activities. These introductory materials, as listed below and available as downloadable PDF’s, have been developed for students in Years 7–12, with teachers able to select and/or adapt the resources to suit the cohort.
Teacher notes
Teacher notes 1:
Establishing knowledge about skin cancer and sun safety
Establishing knowledge about skin cancer and sun safety
Slide shows (PowerPoint presentations)
Slide show 1:
Skin cancer
Skin cancer
Slide show 2:
Sun safety myths and facts
Sun safety myths and facts
Fact files
Fact file A:
At a glance—Skin cancer
At a glance—Skin cancer
Fact fie B:
At a glance—Skin cancer statistics
At a glance—Skin cancer statistics
Fact file C:
Sun safety myths and facts
Sun safety myths and facts
Fact file D:
Five ways to be sun safe
Five ways to be sun safe
Student response (activity) sheets
Student response sheet 1:
What is your understanding of skin cancer?
What is your understanding of skin cancer?
Student response sheet 2:
Interpreting skin cancer statistics
Interpreting skin cancer statistics
Student response sheets 3A and 3B:
Making sense of skin cancer statistics A
Making sense of skin cancer statistics B
Making sense of skin cancer statistics A
Making sense of skin cancer statistics B
Student response sheet 4:
Delving deeper into sun safety: Think, pair, share
Delving deeper into sun safety: Think, pair, share
Student response sheet 5:
Skin cancer and sun safety—Connect, Extend, Challenge!
Skin cancer and sun safety—Connect, Extend, Challenge!
Resources
Establishing introductory knowledge
Resources for years 7/8
Resources for years 9/10
Resources for years 11/12
All resources