Don’t Forget Your Sunscreen!

$19.50

This summer camp lesson plan is centered around protecting yourself from the sun, with hands-on, creative building activities and experiments to engage school-age learners. This summer camp unit offers five 6-hour lesson plans. They feature suggestions for hands-on activities, outdoor play, and social-emotional learning. Activities are standards-aligned to ensure quality content that helps children gain knowledge and prepare to move forward in grade school.

About our lesson plans:

  • Developed and tested by a team of experienced, certified educators

  • Immediate PDF download upon purchase with unlimited use

  • Activity pages, extension activities, and additional resources included at no cost

  • Developmentally appropriate

  • Printable format that is also digital friendly with links and QR codes embedded in the lesson plans

Camp Outline:

  • Arrival activity
  • Class discussion- Fun sun facts
  • Sunny Monoprints
  • Let’s get moving – Don’t get burned!
  • Lightbox Experiments
  • Hands-on activity- Sun bead and yarn craft
  • Social-emotional learning – Rise and shine
  • Sun Mosaic
  • Reflection

  • Arrival activity
  • Class discussion- The benefits of sunshine
  • Gelatin Suncatchers
  • Let’s get moving – Straddle the sun!
  • Hands-on activity – Window clings
  • Paper Plate Sun Craft
  • Social-emotional learning – Get out of the sun!
  • Stained Glass
  • Reflection

  • Arrival activity
  • Class discussion – What color is the sun?
  • Erupting Ice Chalk
  • Let’s get moving – Pool noodle baseball
  • Squish Painted Sun
  • Hands-on activity – Sun-melted homemade crayons
  • Social-emotional learning – You are my sunshine cards
  • Spray Bottle Painting
  • Reflection

  • Arrival activity
  • Class discussion- Protection from the sun
  • Sunscreen Sun Prints
  • Let’s get moving – Sun safety relay
  • Hands-on activity – What absorbs more heat – black or white?
  • Design a Sun Shelter for UV-Sensitive Animal
  • Social-emotional learning – Decode a joke
  • What Can the Sun Melt?
  • Reflection

  • Arrival activity-
  • Class discussion – Facts about shadows
  • Shadow Drawing
  • Let’s get moving – Shadow tag
  • Sun Dries Water Experiment
  • Hands-on activity – Sundial
  • Social-emotional learning – Detective
  • Paper Plate Sun Visors
  • Reflection