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 Animals
  • 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