Environmental Health Mini-unit Plan
Content Area _Sun Exposure/Skin__Age Level _High School_Previously Covered Material Link __Suntan, sunburn, Skin Cancer
WebQuest__
Cognitive = After completing the webquest and participating in the lectures, the students will be able to identify two negative and two positive
effects on an individual with sun exposure on the unit quiz.
Psychomotor = After completing the webquest and participating in lectures, the students will be able to role-play at least three effects of
sun exposure on their PSA’s.
Affective = Upon completion of the webquest on sun exposure, the students will develop a long-term goal to demonstrate the impact of
future behaviors on physical and social health outcomes.
Life Skill statement (s) The student will advocate for safe health practices for self and others by reducing unprotected sun exposure
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Pre-Test: Survey (Done before
Day 1)
Set up of Hamburger Activity
PSA Presentations
Based off Web Quest
Graded off of Rubric
Video- The Dark Side of the
Practice Safe Sun
Lecture- Power Point:
Negative and Positive Effects
Videos
WebQuest- Intro to Sun
Exposure/Skin: General Content
Intro to PSA assignment
There will be a worksheet for the
students to use as a follow along
and study guide.
Post AssessmentGoogle Forum
Quiz
ABCDE sheet
Examine and Fill Out Discussion
Worksheet on Hamburger
Activity
NHES
Standards Addressed –3, 4, 5, 7, 8
Power Point on Skin Hazards
Post Assessment- Clickers 6
Questions off of the Power Point
NHES
Standards Addressed – 1, 2, 3
NHES
Standards Addressed – 1, 2
Quiz- Power Point Material
Research or Data Resources: Consumer Health and Nutrition Textbooks, Peer Reviewed Articles, Videos
Decisions for Teen Health: Healthy Living, Merki Mary Bronson, Ph.D., Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Mission Hills, California, 1990
Principles and Labs for Fitness and Wellness 11th Edition, Werner W. K. Hoeger, Sharon A. Hoeger, Wadsworth Cengage Learning, U.S., 2012
Student materials needed: Pre-Test (Survey), Exit Ticket (Clickers), PSA Presentation Rubric, Quiz, Post Assessment (Google Forum), Lecture Worksheet
Assessments: Pre-Test (Survey), Exit Ticket (Clickers), PSA Presentation Rubric, Quiz, Post Assessment (Google Forum), Participation Points
Instructor Reflection: responses to these questions need to be included for the unit plan to be complete
Differentiated instructional materials: Oral responses, modified time, study guides/tests (modified lower level), Working with pairs (advanced English
speakers), alternative books/class material/test (Spanish and English written), study guides/tests (modified lower level)
1. How are your students be productively engaged in the development of the identified “life skill?”
They are introduced with the material through the WebQuest and then have to advocate for sun exposure
effects through the PSA presentation assignment.
2. What informal assessment activities are planned as a formative measure to check for understanding of
either content or life skills?
Pre-Test (Survey), Exit Ticket (Clickers) Worksheet/ Study Guide, Post Assessment (Google Forum)
3. What formal assessment activities are planned as a summative measure of your students’ unit
objectives?
PSA Presentation Rubric, Quiz, Participation Points
4. What materials are included for differentiated instruction in this particular min-unit?
Alternative books/class material/test (Spanish and English written), Study guides/tests (modified lower level)