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oin more than 1,300 informal educational
institutions across the nation that are teaching
kids about sun safety.
By integrating the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency's SunWise program into activities and events
with an emphasis on science, these museums are
helping thousands of kids understand the importance
of sun-safe behaviors to prevent health problems later
in life.
You can be part of this exciting initiative and help
spread important sun-safety messages by incorporat-
ing SunWise into the following types of educational
programs:
# Day camps, after-school clubs, and health fairs
Professional development and teacher training
workshops
* Exploration stations and nature trail activities
Community events, family programs,
and festivals
Outreach to parks and recreation services
# Partnerships with schools or local broadcast
meteorologists
a program that radiates good ideas
For More Information
To learn more about SunWise workshops, receive a free
SunWise Tool Kit, or obtain more information about the pr
am, contac
EPA SunWise Program
Phone: 202-343-9924
Fax: 202-343-2338
Email: sunwise@epa.gov
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Air and Radiation (6205J)
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20460
EPA-430-F-06-020
December 2006
www.epa.gov/sunwise
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What Is SunWise?
SunWise is a free, fun, and interactive envi-
ronmental and health education program
that aims to teach children and their care-
givers how to protect themselves from overexpo-
sure to the sun through sustained sun-safe
behaviors. The SunWise Program had tremendous
success in K through 8 schools. It was pilot-test-
ed in 130 schools in 38 states during the 1999-
2000 school year and is now being incorporated
as a teaching tool in more than 14,000 schools
throughout the nation.
What Do You Receive?
SunWise Tool Kit
More than 40 cross-curricular classroom
activities for K-8 learning levels that are aligned
with national educational standards
SunWise: A Sun Safety Program for K-8 video
* UV-sensitive Frisbee
SunWise Internet Learning Site and UV
Database
* Resources on sun protection, health and the
environment
* Daily reports and measurements of UV radiation
Online interactive educational activities for kids
SunWise Publications
Posters, brochures, newsletters, activity books
(Spanish versions also available)
All materials are public domain and FREE
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SunWise
in Action
Examples of successful integration
of SunWise into museums and other
institutions include the following:
# The McWane Center in
Birmingham, Alabama, hosts
SunWise teacher workshops and
community events to promote
protecting the environment and
sun safety. In addition, the center
uses SunWise kits in its summer
camp programs and in its home
school curriculum.
* The Peggy Notebaert Nature
Museuir in Chicago, Illinois, uses SunWise
as part of its teacher workshops on climate
change, as well as festivals for scout groups
and students from its Park Voyagers
Afterschool Program.
# The Museum of Science and
Industry (MOSI) in Tampa, Florida, uses
SunWise as part of its summer camps and
environmental science program for teachers
and students.
# The Discovery Museum Science and
Space Center in Sacramento, California,
uses SunWise as part of its volunteer train-
ing program for outdoor events at the muse-
um and as supplemental activities for its
summer camps.
www.epa.gov/sunwise
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