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The Maryland Skin Cancer Prevention Program is committed to providing educational resources and activities for teachers, parents and childcare providers. 

  • SunGuard ManTeachers!  Maryland students are allowed by state law to use the sunscreen they bring to school. 

  • The SunGuard Man Online website at www.sunguardman.org provides skin cancer prevention information for children and adults in an entertaining manner. 

    The Adventures of SunGuard Man is a five-episode cartoon series chronicling Program mascot SunGuard Man’s valiant efforts to keep “earthlings” sun safe by battling his enemy, “Ultraviolet.”  Video games for all ages instruct website visitors as they entertain.

  • The SunGuard Your Skin elementary/middle school curriculum is available free on the Teacher’s Site at SunGuard Man Online. This valuable resource for educators is offered in one lesson (powerpoint) and two-lesson versions and comes complete with Teacher’s Guide, Parent Letter, Pre/Post-Test, and Overhead Transparency Masters. The Teachers Site also offers educational flyers and links to other skin cancer program and informational sites.

  • The SunGuard Your Skin Poster and T-Shirt Contest is an annual event open to all Maryland students.  Entries must be received by April 14, 2008 and prizes will be awarded on May 5th at the Melanoma Monday Press Conference and Awards Ceremony in Baltimore. 
  • Visit www.sunguardman.org for contest rules.
  • See photos of past winning entries in the SunGuard Man Photo Album.

  • High School Teachers!  Teach Ban the Burn to your students and encourage them to enter the 2008 SunGuard Your Skin T-Shirt Contest. Visit www.sunguardman.org for contest rules.

  • The SunSafe Preschool Curriculum is offered through a training program for childcare providers.  If you are a childcare provider or nursery school teacher and would like information about trainings in your area, contact Roberta Herbst at 410-539-0872 or 800-492-1056, ext. 340, or e-mail her at rherbst@medchi.org.

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