The Environmental Protection Agency has created the SunWise School Program and SunWise Kids, as an environmental and health education program offering teaching tools for schools, communities and kids in learning about sun safety. From building shade structures to sun protection advice, the program is designed to appeal to kids.

The SunWise Kids website lets kids know the skin cancer risks caused by too much sun exposure and how to protect themselves from sun damage. Kids will find a trivia game and action steps to take to be sun safe. There is the Survivor's Challenge and SunWise Action Steps. In addition, there is a UV Index scale that allows kids to learn more about each UV level. The SunWise Kids website resource includes an educational area on the ozone layer that explains how we got to where we are in the increased dangers of sun exposure.

If a school joins the SunWise Program and orders a UV meter, they will receive the SunWise toolkit that includes activities and a UV sensitive Frisbee that changes color when exposed to the sun. With the meter kids can measure how much UV radiation reaches their town. Kids can enter the UV information on the SunWise web site. Then they can look at the data and compare UV numbers with the National Weather Service's UV Index. For more information, go to SunWise Kids.

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