The Skin Cancer Foundation’s award-winning The Sunsational Guide to Smart Sun Safety: Fun in the Sun 101 introduces children in grades 6-8 to the fundamentals of sun safety. With its interactive website and free downloadable materials, including a poster and activity sheets, The Sunsational Guide to Smart Sun Safety offers age-appropriate information on skin cancer, ultraviolet radiation, and more.

This year, the poster features surfing champ Mick Fanning and soccer superstar Lindsay Tarpley.

Both Fanning and Tarpley are members of the newly-formed Team SCF, a group of professional athletes dedicated to sun protection education. These young athletes consistently model healthy, sun-safe behaviors, such as seeking the shade; avoiding tanning; and wearing sunscreen.

Last year, we distributed 15,000 kits to teachers all over the US. This year, we’ll distribute 45,000 posters, and we hope you’ll find The Sunsational Guide to Smart Sun Safety: Fun in the Sun 101 as useful as the 95 percent of the teachers surveyed last year who said they would use the program annually.

The curriculum is dermatologist-reviewed for accuracy, and educational materials correlate with both National Health and Science Education Standards for grades 6-8.

This program was made possible by an educational grant from Banana Boat sunscreen.