Introduction

__**Sun Smart: Slip, Slop, Slap. **__ This unit has been designed to give students an understanding of the importance of being sun smart, - protection of oneself against the sun. It is a unit designed for preparatory students. This unit has been broken into the eight steps of inquiry according to Rob Gilbert. Each lesson has been written and been presented in a format for an hour, however this is just a guide, lessons can be extended to give students a fuller exploration. __**Victorian Essential Learning Standards.**__ Following this unit student’s work towards the achievement of Level 3 standards in the Humanities domain set by VELS.
 * Students will draw on their own experience to help them understand the world around them.
 * Students will explore how and why natural factors and human activities affect their lives
 * Student will develop basic narratives that link events in their own experience.
 * Students will participate in activities such as wearing protection from the sun, and develop their awareness of environmental issues.

**__Knowledge Objectives – Generalisations, Concepts, Facts.__** As a result of this unit, students will have gained some insight into the importance of protection against the sun. In particular students will have explored protection methods against the sun, when the sun is most dangerous and why we must protect ourselves. Students will engage in activities which require them to lean and implement the ‘countdown 5’ (slip, slop, slap, seek, slide). Students will scaffold their acquired knowledge to others to reinforce and extend their own knowledge. Objectively upon completion of this unit, students will have the understanding that the sun can potentially be dangerous and one must seek appropriate attire when outdoors for protection against the sun. Students will understand that it is not enough to implement just one of the 5 countdowns but to however attempt to achieve all of them