Year 1 – 2 | Summer vs Winter Stimulus Pictures

Protecting My Skin full resource download  |  Concept 3: Our Seasons download

Background

The stimulus pictures are developed to support and encourage discussions about sun safety at different times of the
year. The pictures have been selected to illustrate sun safety scenes and scenarios for winter and summer for comparison.
Students will collect SunSmart data from the pictures and record them into a table and graph. This activity aims to
consolidate the important message to use sun protection when the UV is 3 or above, not only when the when it is hot.

Key messages

• Sun protection is required on most days in Western Australia.
• Skin damage is caused by ultraviolet (UV) radiation, not temperature. A cool or overcast day can have similar UV levels
  to a warm, sunny day at the same time of year.
• Temperature should not be used as an indicator for when to use sun protection. When the UV Index is 3 or above, sun
  protection is required.
• Best sun protection practices are using a combination of Slip, Slop, Slap, Seek and Slide.

Resources

• Resource sheet: Summer vs Winter Stimulus Pictures
• Activity sheet: SunSmart Data Displays
• Option: Picture books, poems and other stories about winter and summer
• Website resource: Behind the News – Indigenous Seasons
• Website resource: Bureau of Meteorology – Indigenous Weather Knowledge

Instructions

1. Research and discuss your local indigenous seasons. Choose two images that contrast differences between summer
   and winter. Alternatively, you could use the summer vs winter stimulus picture resource.
2. Display or distribute the summer vs winter picture stimulus. Discuss the two pictures and ask key questions.
3. Ask questions that describe the outcomes as ‘likely’ or ‘unlikely’ and identify some events as ‘certain’ or ‘impossible’
   Emphasise the messages of taking care in the sun – wearing a hat, wearing suitable covering clothing, staying in the
   shade in the middle of the day, wearing a sunscreen and drinking water. See example questions.
4. Collect data from the summer and winter pictures. Using the SunSmart Data Displays record sheet, count and
   record a tally of the SunSmart practices.
5. Transfer tally data into a graph.
6. Interpret data from the graph. What did you notice?

Key questions

• What time of year would this be?
• Which is a winter picture? How do you know?
• What dangers can you see in the summer image?
• The children in the summer picture are playing in the sun, is there any danger in this?
• What effect does different times of the year have on our skin?

Example of mathematical chance questions

• Is it certain that you would wear a hat in summer? Why? or Why not?
• When are you more likely to put on sunscreen? Why? or Why not?
• What is the possibility of you wearing bathers at the park in summer?