Year 1 – 2 | SunSmart Card Games

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Background

SunSmart Card Games are designed to consolidate the key messages of being SunSmart and the five ways to protect
our skin from harmful UV radiation. The SunSmart cards are a set of matching cards that can be used in two games,
memory and snap.

Key messages

• There are five ways to protect your skin from UV radiation from the sun.
• Slip on a Shirt, Slop on sunscreen, Slap on a hat, Seek shade and Slide on sunglasses.

Resources

• SunSmart Card Game Template (print onto card or laminate for durability)

Instructions Snap

1. In pairs, share the cards out evenly face down so that each player has a set of SunSmart cards.
2. Students take it in turns to place a card face up, making a pile.
3. When a student places a matching card on top of the pile (such a Slap card with Slap/hat picture card), any player may
   say snap and place their hand over the pile.
4. The first player to do so collects the pile of cards and adds it to their cards.
5. Repeat until one player has no more cards remaining to put on the pile.

Instructions Memory

1. In pairs, place the SunSmart cards face down onto a flat surface (desk/floor) so that all cards are showing.
2. Students take it in turns to flip over any two cards, revealing picture side up.
3. If the cards match, the player keeps the two cards and it moves onto the next student for their turn.
4. The game continues until all cards have been matched and removed from the playing area.
5. Both students count their matching pairs and the person with the most matches wins the game.

Variation

• Print the SunSmart Card Game Template multiple times to increase difficulty of the games.
• Play memory or snap with only the word cards.
• Play memory or snap with only the picture cards to match.