Year 1 – 2 | Superstar SunSmart Avatar

Protecting My Skin full resource download  |  Concept 4: Keeping Your Skin Sun Safe download

Background

The Superstar SunSmart Avatar activity builds on from the SunSmart Superstar artwork and involves students developing
a SunSmart superstar avatar of themselves. Students take their SunSmart superstar artwork and digitalise it using an app
such as Book Creator or other character/photo editing apps. The activity aims to consolidate previous learning about the
five ways to protect yourself from the over exposure to UV radiation.

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.
• The sun produces 3 things, light that we can see, heat that we can feel and UV radiation that we cannot
  see or feel. It is invisible.
• 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.
• UV and heat are not the same thing. We do not only need to use sun protection when it is hot. The UV Index can be 3 or
  above when it is cool and cloudy too.

Resources

• George the Sun Safe Superstar by Kathryn Clifford and Chantal Renn, also available in PDF
• Device with Book Creator app (if available) or other character/photo editing apps

Instructions

1. View George the Sun Safe Superstar.
2. Review and revise key messages and questions.
3. Students create their own avatar.
4. The design can be sketched, drawn, painted or computer generated through a number of different apps.
5. Students will include an avatar of themselves and include sun protective items.

Extension

• If using the Book Creator app, children can create a recount of George the Sun Safe Superstar but replacing the
  character George with their personal SunSmart avatar.

Key questions

• What are the five S’s? Give examples.
• Why is it important to be SunSmart?
• What is UV radiation?
• Describe UV radiation from the sun?
• What happened in the story? Beginning, middle and end?
• What was the problem in the story?
• How was the problem resolved?