Your Skin Is In is an award-winning program encouraging middle, high school, and college students to use proper skin care practices and to love the skin they’re in year-round. Conveniently structured as an eLearning course, Your Skin Is In informs students and educators to adopt the program as an added piece of innovative curriculum about the deadliest form of skin cancer, melanoma, the dangers of tanning bed use, sun damage and best practices to protect your skin!
Students
Become a Your Skin Is In Ambassador!
UV Exposure Stats
Tanning bed users beware!
Those of you who have used tanning beds, or often spend time outdoors, whether it’s going to the beach or playing sports, may have a higher risk of developing melanoma due to UV exposure.
Teachers
Bring Your Skin Is In to your classroom!
Are you a health or science teacher? Perhaps the school Nurse? Or a teacher looking to add an interesting element to the curriculum that’s different and life-changing?
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Learn how to have sun-safe conversations!
Sometimes it can be difficult to know how to communicate with a peer when you are trying to influence your peers in a positive way. Learn a couple tips to help you communicate your sun-safe knowledge to your friends.
IF YOU ARE A MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE STUDENT, BECOME A YOUR SKIN IS IN AMBASSADOR AT YOUR SCHOOL!
Looking to educate yourself about the dangers of skin damage? Have a desire to make a difference amongst your peer group? It’s easy with the Your Skin Is In program!
Step 1:
Take the eLearning course: Try the English Course or Spanish Course
Step 2:
Become an ambassador: Click Here
After you’ve finished taking the course and have become an ambassador by filling out the form at the link above, you will have access to download our convenient toolkit for ideas on bringing awareness to your school!
Becoming a Your Skin Is In Ambassador is a unique opportunity to do some good in the world, and include it on your resume (it looks GREAT on college* applications)!
Step 3:
Request a Your Skin Is In Goodie Box: Click Here
Now that you have become Your Skin Is In “certified,” request your box of goodies to share with your school.
Boxes include:
- T-shirts
- Posters
- SPF 15 lip balm
- UV bracelets
- …and more!
ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS
You can participate in the Skin Smart Campus initiative, which will name your college/university a “Tan-Free” campus, by prohibiting indoor tanning devices on campus and in affiliated buildings, as well as promoting skin cancer prevention education. Learn more here.
Take the life-changing Your Skin Is In course today! Become a Your Skin Is In Ambassador to spread the word on proper skin health far and wide.
“As a red head with fair skin, I always knew my risk of getting melanoma was higher than most. I wanted to learn more so I signed up to be a Your Skin Is In Ambassador. After taking the eLearning course, I learned that melanoma can effect anyone of any age and any skin type, even if you don’t burn. Now I’m sharing the facts with my friends, who never realized the sun was such a danger and often spend hours unprotected in the sun.”
RESOURCES
Calling All Teachers! Bring Your Skin Is In to your classroom – empower your students to stay sun-safe year round!
Are you a health or science teacher? Perhaps the school Nurse? Or a teacher looking to add an interesting element to the curriculum that’s different and life-changing?
Bring Your Skin Is In to your classroom!
Empower your students to stay sun-safe year-round! The Your Skin Is In program is an easy-to-use, engaging eLearning lesson that can be incorporated into coursework provided in the classroom or assigned to investigate and complete at home!
The Your Skin Is In program includes:
- A trivia game that keeps score and provides answers to keep things fun
- Interactive video scenarios
- Photos that show what UV damage looks like on your skin (with the 2 photos from the course)
- The option to request melanoma survivor talks which provides teachers and students alike with an impactful, real-life experiences to hear first hand how lives are affected by the disease
- …and more!
The complete course is just 45 minutes (and includes a teacher’s guide and answer key to help deliver quick results). It is also very easy and convenient to break out individual sections as time allows with your students.
Request a Your Skin Is In Goodie Box to share with your students! Use these items as prizes during the trivia game for students who are inspired to spread the word! Request a box here.
“I have had many speakers from IMPACT Melanoma’s Survivor’s Bureau talk to my anatomy students throughout the years when we learn about the skin. All the speakers have been excellent and offer a powerful perspective that engages high school students. My students leave with an understanding of melanoma and the risks of sun exposure and a promise to wear more sunscreen and see a dermatologist!”
CHECK OUT THESE POWERFUL VIDEOS
Feel free to show these to your friends and family to share the important message.
Know What To Say
Sometimes it can be difficult to know how to communicate with a peer when you are faced with something you don’t want to do – or when you are trying to influence your peers in a positive way. Here are a couple tips to help you communicate your sun-safe knowledge to your friends.
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!
Offering some concrete facts strengthens your position and helps you feel more confident in what you are saying. For example, a friend who tells you they don’t worry about the sun because they tan easily might be interested to know that both burns and tans can cause skin cancer.
THINK OF AN ALTERNATIVE
Figure out what your friend’s goal is – do they want to look good for the prom? Or, do they not care about looking tan, but want to spend the day on the beach? Offer suggestions such as going to the mall to check out self tanner or buying a sun umbrella to take along to the beach.
OFFER YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
A personal story often has the most impact and is memorable.
“I played a trivia game in health class and we watched a video of melanoma survivors telling their stories. It was amazing how young some of the survivors were. Since then, I’ve started using sunscreen.”
“My grandmother had melanoma, so I definitely want to do whatever I can to protect my skin.”
USE HUMOR
Joke around about not wanting wrinkles etc – it might help get your point across in a lighthearted way.
SET A GOOD EXAMPLE
You might not be able to convince someone right away, but if you are always applying sunscreen before soccer practice, eventually they might ask you about it.