SunWise with SHADE
2010 Poster Contest
a program that radiates good ideas
A Partnership Program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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STATE OF NEW YORK
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
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Sun Wise with SHADE 2010 Poster Contest
2009 National Poster Contest
Winner and Finalists
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Dear Teacher,
www.shadefoundation.org
You are cordially invited to participate in the 2010 SunWise with SHADE Poster
Contest. We are pleased to announce that we will again be partnering with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency's SunWise program to provide you with additional
educational resources which are included in this guide. By participating in this contest,
your students join the more than 80,000 students who have submitted posters over the
past six years. Plus, 4th-8th grade state winners will receive a digital camera, prizes for
their school, and be entered into a national contest for a family trip to Disney World.
The winning school in the national contest will receive a WeatherBug tracking station.
The top five K-3rd grade entries will also receive prizes.
Being sun-safe is important because half of all cancers in the United States are skin
cancers, and one in five Americans will develop this disease during their lifetime. By
following the SunWise action steps, we can teach children to protect themselves from
ultraviolet radiation at a young age, decreasing their chances of developing skin can-
cer later in life.
The activities included in this guide will help you teach your students some basic
information about sun safety. Feel free to modify these activities to best suit your
classroom. If you like the sample activities and want to get a FREE SunWise Tool
Kit, containing over 50 cross-curricular activities for grades K-8, please sign up to
receive a kit at www.epa.gov/sunwise/becoming.html.
Finally, don't forget to remind your students to include at least five of the SunWise
action steps listed on page 5 in their poster and to attach the official entry form. To see
winning posters from previous contests, and to learn more about the poster contest,
please visit our Web site at www.shadefoundation.org/programs/poster-contest.
Good luck and don't forget to Limit the Sun, Not the Fun!
Shonda Schilling
Founder
SHADE Foundation of America
Sue Gorham
Executive Director
SHADE Foundation of America
The SHADE Foundation logo is a registered trademark of the SHADE Foundation. SunWise is a registered trademark
of the U.S. EPA. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. By sponsoring this Poster Contest, no
company is receiving the endorsement of the SHADE Foundation or the U.S. EPA.
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SunWise with SHADE 2010
Poster Contest Table of Contents
The Importance of Being Sun-Safe 5
Poster Contest Information 6
How to Submit a Poster 7
SunWise Classroom Activities
Activity (Grades K-2): Speedy Sun Relay Race 9
Activity (Grades 3-5): Measure Your Shadow 10
Activity (Grades 6-8): SunWise Surveyor 11
Additional Classroom Ideas . 12
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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING SUN-SAFE
While some exposure to sunlight can be
enjoyable, too much can be dangerous.
Overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation in
sunlight can result in a painful sunburn. It can
also lead to more serious health effects like
skin cancer, cataracts, and immune suppression.
Children particularly need sun protection
education since unprotected exposure to the
sun during youth puts them at an increased
lifetime risk for skin cancer.
Most people are not aware that skin cancer,
while largely preventable, is the most common
form of cancer in the United States, with more
than one million cases diagnosed annually.
By following a number of simple steps, you
can still enjoy your time in the sun while
protecting yourself from overexposure.
Sun-Safety Action Steps:
• COVER UP by wearing protective clothing
such as long-sleeves and pants while
in the sun.
• WEAR A HAT with a wide brim to protect
your face, ears and the back of your neck.
Baseball caps are not encouraged because
they do not provide adequate sun protection.
• APPLY SUNSCREEN GENEROUSLY with the
number (SPF) 15 or higher on parts of your
body not covered by clothes when playing.
Reapply frequently, especially after swim-
ming and sweating.
• WEAR SUNGLASSES to protect your eyes.
• SEEK SHADE especially when the sun's rays
are the strongest.
• LIMIT TIME IN THE SUN when its rays
are strongest (between 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.)
and avoid sun tanning. Vitamin D can be
obtained safely through eating fortified
foods and vitamin supplements.
Health Effects of Sun
Overexposure:
Since the appearance of an "ozone hole" over
the Antarctic in the early 1980s, Americans
have become aware of the health threats posed
by ozone depletion, which decreases the earth's
natural protection from the sun's harmful UV
rays. Understanding these risks and taking a
few sensible precautions will help you enjoy the
sun while lowering your chances of sun-related
health problems later in life. Some health prob-
lems associated with sun overexposure include:
• Melanoma Skin Cancer
• Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
• Premature Aging and Wrinkling of the Skin
• Cataracts and Other Eye Damage
• Immune Suppression
For more information on the UV Index and
the Ozone Layer, please visit our Web page
at www.shadefoundation.org.
UV Index
Exposure Category
UVIRange
The UV Index was developed by:
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Create a Poster: SunWise with SHADE® 2010 Annual Poster Contest Information
Children in Kindergarten through 8th grade are eligible to enter the SunWise with SHADE®
2010 Annual Poster Contest for a great prize! Entries are categorized by grade level.
Submitted posters must meet the following criteria (or risk disqualification):
> Paper size must be 8 Vi x 11 inches (all other sizes will be automatically disqualified)
> Submission must be an original, hand drawn design on 8 {A x 11 paper
> Posters must include at least five Sun-Safety Action Steps (see page 5)
> Attach the official entry form to the back of each poster submitted (seepage 7)
> Entries must be received to NYSDOH no later than March 12, 2010
Posters will be judged based on:
> Ability to SHOW at least five of the SunWise action steps (as opposed to using just words)
> Creativity
> Originality
> Quality of artwork
New York State Prizes include:
> A UV color changing bracelet for each student in participating classrooms
> $50 check to each grade level winner
Prizes are subject to change.
National Prizes:
Kindergarten through 3rd grade:
> Crayola Digital Camera Scrapbooking Kit for top five entries
Fourth through 8th grade:
> A family trip to Disney World for the national contest winner
> A WeatherBug Tracking Station for the winner's school, with lifetime access to
WeatherBug Achieve. The WeatherBug Tracking Station is a scientific-grade weather
station built to withstand all kinds of weather and records 27 different weather
measurements in real time. WeatherBug Achieve is a web-based, award-winning
curriculum that integrates Tracking Station data for an interactive, collaborative and
fun classroom experience.
Certain restrictions apply. Please see the Web site for more details. Prizes are subject to change.
New York State Winner:
> $ 100 bookstore gift certificate
> A classroom supplies prize pack for the teacher of the overall state winner
> A Sun UV Station for the school of the overall state winner to collect real-time UV data
> UV color changing beads for the teacher of the overall state winner
> Special prize for the NY school with the highest participation
For more information, please visit:
New York State Department of Health Web site at:
www.nyhealth.gov/diseases/cancer/skin/ OR
SHADE Foundation Web site at: http://www.shadefoundation.org/posters.php.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) will take no part in the selection of
prize winners or the procuring of prizes, nor do they endorse any of the sponsors. The entrant understands that the EPA, NYSDOH, and/or the
SHADE Foundation intend to reproduce winning posters on the Web and in future promotional materials such as the 2011 Poster Contest Guide.
Bv submitting a poster, the entrant gives a perpetual, rovalty free license to U.S. EPA, NYSDOH, and the SHADE Foundation to copy, distribute,
make derivative works, and publicly display the submitted poster.
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How to Submit a Poster:
Teachers:
1. Please complete the Teacher, Principal and School Information sections of the form below.
You can then make copies of the form and distribute it to your students.
2. Review entry forms to ensure complete student information is provided and legible.
3. Attach this form to the back of each S1A x 11 poster (all other sizes will be
automatically disqualified).
4. DO NOT write any identifying information on the front of the poster.
5. All entries must be received no later than March 12, 2010.
6. Mail poster entries with completed form attached to the back of each poster to:
Roxanne Brady
Attn: Poster Contest
150 Broadway
Riverview Center, Room 350
Albany, NY 12204
SPONSORED IN NSW VOftK 8Y
STATE OF new VOBK
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Teacher Information:
First Name
Poster Contest Entry Form
(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE.)
Attach this form to back of each student's 8.5 x 11 poster.
Last Name
Email Address
Did your students participate in the 2009 SunWise with SHADE Annual Poster Contest! Yes G No
Principal Information:
First Name Last Name
Email Address
Did your school participate in the 2009 SunWise with SHADE Annual Poster Contest? Yes LJ No
School Information:
School District Name:
School Name:
School Address:
City:
School Phone Number: ( )
State: NY ZIP
School Fax Number: ( )
Student Information:
Full Name:
Gender (select one): Boy LI Girl
Age:
Grade (select one): Q K Q 1 LI 2 LI 3 Q4 Q 5 Q 6 Q 7
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ACTIVITY: Speedy Sun Relay Race (Grades K-2)
Estimated Time
30 minutes
Supplies
One set of the following sun-safe and non-sun-safe
clothes and items for each team:
> Long-sleeved shirt (preferably with collar)
> Long pants (optional)
> Hats (wide-brimmed, cowboy)
> Sunglasses
> Empty bottles of sunscreen, some with SPFs of 15 and higher, some with lower
SPFs.
> Shoes (optional)
> Various other articles of clothing that are not sun-safe, like tank tops, t-shirts,
shorts, baseball caps, visors, etc.
Note: Make sure that the clothes are large enough for each student to put on and take off easily.
Learning Objective
This activity will challenge students to think quickly about sun-safe behavior by selecting cor-
rect sun-safe clothes when presented with several options. Assess whether the students learned
how these clothes will help protect them from the sun's harmful UV rays by asking them the
following questions.
> What are three items that the model is wearing that you would pick to protect
yourself? Explain why you chose these three items.
> How many of you dress like the model when you play outside? Why do you
think dressing like this is safer for you?
> Explain why you would take these actions.
Directions
Organize the class into teams of five or more and line them up at the start of the racecourse.
Place the pile of clothes at the other end of the racecourse. Have each team select one student to
be the sun-safe model. This student will stay at the starting point of the race, donning sun-safe
clothes. The other team members should each take turns running to the pile of clothes, selecting
one item, and bringing it back to the model. The first team to have a completely sun-safe model
is the winner. The sun-safe models should be wearing a protective hat, long-sleeved shirt, and
sunglasses, and be carrying a bottle of sunscreen with SPF of 15 or higher. Incorrectly dressed
models must decide what they are missing, and the other team members must continue bringing
back items until the model is sun-safe.
Thin activity is reprinted from the U.S. EPA 's SunWise Tool Kit.
To register to receive a free tool kit, visit the SHADE Foundation Web site.
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ACTIVITY: Measure Your Shadow (trades 3-5)
Estimated Time
At least three 15-minute intervals during one day.
Supplies
> Chalk (a different color for each trip outside)
> Yardstick/meter stick
Learning Objective
The objective of this activity is to demonstrate to students what causes a shadow, how shadows
change from morning to evening, and how they can tell by the length of their shadows what
times of day they should seek protection from the sun's harmful UV rays.
Directions
Instruct the students to make a chart on a piece of paper to record the time they traced the shad-
ows and the size of the shadows. Also, each student should record his/her own height for com-
parison. The chart will need two columns and three rows. The top of the chart should be labeled
"time" and "measurement." The side of the chart should be labeled "first shadow," "second
shadow," and "third shadow."
Take the students outside three times during the day (once around noon). Have students choose
a partner. Instruct the students to trace their partner's shadow using a piece of chalk on the
cement surface of the schoolyard. They should begin tracing the shadow from the feet. They
should write their names inside their shadows. Students should use the yardstick to measure the
length of the shadows each time they trace them. Students should record the measurement and
time in their charts.
When everyone goes back outside later in the day, have each student stand on the feet of their
own shadow and retrace their new shadow on top of the original. Again, they should record the
measurement and time in their charts.
Questions and Answers
1 What makes your shadow?
The rays of the sun shining on one side of your body generate a shadow that is projected
away from your body.
2 Do you always have a measurable shadow?
Yes. When the sun is overhead at noon, the projection of the shadow is much shorter than it
is during the rest of the day.
3 Is your shadow always the same size?
No. Your shadow is long in the early morning and late afternoon and short during midday.
4 How much time passed between your first and last shadow?
Students should count the hours and minutes on a watch or clock to find the number.
5 What is the difference between your measurements?
Students should subtract to find the answer.
6 What is the shadow rule?
"Short shadow, seek shade. "
This activity is reprinted from the U.S. EPA 's SunWise Too! Kit.
To register to receive a free tool kit, visit the SHADE Foundation Web site.
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ACTIVITY: SunWise Surveyor (Grades 6-8)
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Estimated Time
One to two class periods
Supplies
Clipboards (optional)
Measuring tapes, yardsticks or metersticks
Learning Objective
This activity will raise student awareness of
daytime exposure to the sun. Students will
focus on the amount of shade provided for
their outdoor hours at school, and the impor-
tance of providing sun-safe areas on the property. Assess student comprehension by asking stu-
dents to design a more sun-safe playground (see the "You Are the Architect'' activity found in
the complete kit).
Directions
• Tell your students that they are surveyors who have been assigned to determine the current
availability of shade on your school's property in order to help school administrators decide if
the grounds are sun-safe.
• Have the class take a survey of the grounds during a period of time when students are present,
such as recess or lunchtime.
• Have the students begin by drawing a scaled map of the school grounds, observing and mark-
ing on the map the most popular places where students congregate and play. These Play Areas
can include sports fields, jungle gyms, blacktops, eating areas, and any other places where
kids hang out.
• Now have students survey and mark the parts of the Play Areas that are covered in shade.
• Have the students measure the dimensions of the Play Areas, record their results, and mea-
sure the shade-covered portions of these areas. For circular-shaped areas, such as under a tree,
students will measure the diameters and calculate the areas of the shady spot, and write down
these results as well.
Questions and Answers
1 What is the total area of the Play Areas on your school's grounds? Answers will vary.
Students will determine this figure using algebraic formulae to calculate the area of each
Play Area, then adding the sums together. A =hw
2 What is the total area of the portions of those Play Areas covered by shade? Answers will
vary. Students will determine this figure using algebraic formulae to calculate the area of
each shade-covered area, then add the sums together.
3 What percentage of the Play Area on your school's grounds is sun-safe? This answer will be
determined by dividing the total area of shady spots by the total area of the Play Areas.
This activity was adapted from the California Deportment of Health Services School Shade Protocol, Cancer Prevention and Nutrition Section
and is reprinted from U.S. EPA s SunWise Tool Kit. To register to receive a FREE tool kit, visit the SHADE Foundation Web site.
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Use these additional ideas for more fun in the sun!
Ideas for Your Classroom and School
Students may decide to engage in activities in their individual classrooms or school-wide to
promote sun safety awareness. Here are a few ideas to help get started:
• Classroom may adopt one strategy to protect students from sun (e.g. Sun Safety
Day where everyone wears a hat, applies sunscreen before going outside, identi-
fies the daily UV Index, etc.)
• Plant trees (e.g. start a commemorative program where donations can lead to
planting trees on your school grounds, raise funds to purchase shade trees, etc.)
• Hold a sun safety awareness celebration during National Skin Cancer Prevention
month in May
• Create a sun protection bulletin board to display sun safety action steps and relat-
ed environmental features like the UV Index
• Coordinate a fundraiser to raise money to buy the school a shade structure for the
playground area
• Organize a shade team to conduct a shade audit of the school grounds and brain-
storm ideas of how to increase the amount of shade
• Coordinate with the school nurse and PTO to organize a school health fair and
display information for different health topics, including skin cancer prevention
• Have your students serve as peer educators and teach younger children about sun
safety
Use your SunWise® Tool Kit:
Make learning about the importance of sun safety fun! If you don't already have one, order your
free kit today at www.epa.gov/sunwise/becoming.html.
Follow Up:
Use the following resources to
get facts, tips and other important
information on sun exposure and
its effects. M£ ^^
www.shadefoundation.org
www.epa.gov/sunwise/
www.cancer.org
www.cdc.gov/cancer/nscpep/
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