Official Kids Mag www.kidscoop.com © Vicki Whiting May 2022
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What should you look for
when you are getting too
much sun? Cross out every
letter that is printed twice on
the innertube. The five
letters left spell your answer!
Lifesaver Letters
Tanya
Andy
Melody
Amy
How does the sun burn skin?
To burn or not to burn?
OUCH! Hot fun in the summertime can be painful!
Too much fun in the sun can burn your skin.
Normal
skin cells.
Cells that get too much
sunlight swell and fill
with blood.
This turns the skin red
and makes it hurt.
Everybody has tiny grains of color called
melanin in their skin.
Melanin grains are like a screen. They
protect the body from the burning rays
of sunlight. Everybody's skin makes
melanin. Melanin grains are brown.
When your skin is exposed to the sun,
it makes more melanin. That is why
your skin gets darker when you play
in the sunshine.
Tanya has a lot of melanin
in her skin. Andy and
Melody have a little. Amy
has very little. Some parts of Amy's
body make more melanin than others.
These dark spots are called freckles.
Everybody needs to protect their
skin from the sun. Even people
with lots of melanin will burn.
Their skin won't burn as fast
as Amy's, but it will burn.
Find: banana
bat
watermelon
bowling ball
moon
crocodile
dolphin
ice cream
car
octopus
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Different skin types
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow
simple directions; identify common sight words.