Year 1 -2 | Unfinished SunSmart Sentences
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Background
The Unfinished SunSmart Sentences activity is an opportunity for students to apply their SunSmart knowledge. It may be
used a form of assessment to check for understanding on sun protection strategies. The sentences are developed using
conjunctions (i.e. and, but, so because), to extend student’s thinking. This activity can be completed in workbooks, on
whiteboards or on large sentence strips of paper.
Key messages
- There are five ways to protect your skin from the UV rays from the sun.
- Slip on a Shirt, Slop on sunscreen, Slap on a hat, Seek shade and Slide on sunglasses.
- UV stands for ultraviolet (UV) radiation. It is invisible, you cannot see or feel it.
- 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
- Student workbooks, whiteboard or paper
- Examples of unfinished sentences
- Behind the News Sun Safety Video
Instructions
- Watch the video and discuss and revise sun protection practices. Use key questions to guide the class discussion.
- Read unfinished sentences out loud or write them on the board.
- Alternatively, write the unfinished sentences on strips of paper and distribute them. Students can swap their sentence
strip with another student to write more sentences.
Example unfinished sentences
- The maximum UV Index is 5 today, so…
- Today is a cloudy and cool day, but…
- Today is a cloudy and cool day, so…
- Sun protection is needed in winter because…
- The five sun protection strategies are…
- I have a broad-brimmed hat and…
- My school has a lot of trees but…
- Clothing is the best sun protection measure, but…
- The sun produces three things…
- I want to play outside after lunch, so…
- I cannot feel or see UV radiation, but…
- Sunscreen should be applied 20 mins before going outside and…
- If I am going out in the sun, so…
- I will seek shade because…
Key questions
- Why do we need sun protection?
- What does it mean to Slip, Slop, Slap, Seek and Slide? Can you give an example?
- What is the best way we can protect our skin?