SHADE Foundation of America
Dedicated to eradicating melanoma through the education of children
and the community in the prevention and detection of skin cancer
and the promotion of sun safety.
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SHADE Partnership School Programs

One in five children will grow up
to develop skin cancer.

This list of programs available to you are ways to educate children about sun safety and will help your school on its way to becoming a SHADE Sun Safe School!

Together we can make a difference in saving future generations

PreSchool


This program is made possible by a 3yr grant to the American Cancer Society from Curt & Shonda Schilling
  • The American Cancer Society promotes sun safety for preschoolers through a grant made possible from Curt and Shonda Schilling.
  • Complete the application form and questionnaire.
  • The ACS will send you the SunSafe Preschool Curriculum
  • Start planning how you will implement a School Policy to make your school a SunSafe school. The Preschool Curriculum will give you helpful information on creating guiding principles and writing school policies.

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SunWise K-8 School Program

The SunWise ToolKit provides educators with a broad spectrum of class and individual projects to make learning about the dangers of the sun's rays interesting and fun.

The Tool Kit is free to registered schools. The Tool Kit consists of a variety of fun, developmentally appropriate activities that combine education about sun protection and the environment with other aspects of learning.
The Kit includes activities focusing on:
  • The science behind UV radiation and stratospheric ozone;
  • The health risks from overexposure to UV radiation; and
  • The steps you can take to protect yourself.

The Kit contains classroom activities for K-2, 3-5, and 6-8 grade levels. In keeping with the intent of making these lessons hands-on and fun, the Kit also includes tools such as a UV-sensitive frisbee, and the On the Trail of the Missing Ozone comic book, which reinforce the sun safety lessons. Finally, to reward your students for their participation in the SunWise program, we have also created the easily photocopied Certificate of SunWisdom.


The Tool Kit contains an additional section targeting school policy, which gives guidance on how to institute sun safety changes outside the classroom. In addition, the Tool Kit is now available in Spanish.

To order a SunWise Toolkit, fill out this form.

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Project S.A.F.E.T.Y.

Project S.A.F.E.T.Y. (Sun Awareness For Educating Today’s Youth)
www.mdanderson.org/projectsafety
The SHADE Foundation is working in partnership with The University of Texas M.D.Anderson Cancer Center’s “Block Out Skin Cancer” initiative to bring PS to Arizona schools in fall, 2004

Project S.A.F.E.T.Y. (Sun Awareness For Educating Today’s Youth) was developed by The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. It consists of a three-lesson skin cancer awareness and prevention module that includes an interactive, teacher-driven CD-ROM and 90-page Teacher’s Guide. Suitable for grades 4-12, the content is easily integrated into existing science and health curricula. Correlations with the National Science and Health Education standards are provided with each lesson.

Curriculum
The Project S.A.F.E.T.Y. CD-ROM curriculum is divided into three lessons that meet science and health curriculum goals for grades 4-9.

The CD-ROM is menu-driven, with access to the following features:

  • Animated graphics
  • Streaming video
  • Three discrete lessons
  • Optional activities
  • Extensive glossary

View Clips from the CD-ROM
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The 85-page Teacher’s Guide complements the CD-ROM, and contains:

  • Lesson outlines and objectives
  • Expanded activities appropriate for elementary, middle or high school grade levels
  • Handouts designed for easy duplication
  • A glossary
  • Lesson content correlations with both the Arizona Academic Standards for Science and the National Education Standards for Science and Health.

Impact
Pre- and post-test results analysis conducted in 2002 demonstrated positive attitude and behavioral changes toward sun safety.

"Project S.A.F.E.T.Y. has been a huge success for my students and me. We live in the sunbelt and are part of a culture that still admires 'sun-tanned' skin...The 'ABCD' interactive activity was very effective in showing the many 'faces' of melanoma... Most students went from, 'I never wear sunscreen' to, 'I'll never step outside without wearing sunscreen!'"

-Emma Lovering-Hintze, Science Educator, Irons Jr. High School, Lubbock, TX

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The Melanoma Education Foundation

The Melanoma Education Foundation Trains high school and middle school health educators and provides them with student materials and lesson plans.

http://www.skincheck.org

The primary day to day activity of the Melanoma Education Foundation is education of high school students about early detection and prevention of melanoma. The Foundation has a one hour workshop for high school health educators and provides a lesson plan and materials for a one-session class for students. Services and materials are free for Massachusetts high schools.

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