Years 11 and 12 suite of materials

The Fashion for the Sun Years 11 and 12 materials have been designed to help students aged 16–18 years to develop an understanding of skin cancer and sun protection and to take creative action in promoting sun-safe messages with respect to clothing, hats and sunglasses.

The Years 11 and 12 suite of materials includes:

•teacher and student resources to develop introductory knowledge about skin cancer and sun safety — these materials are generic materials for students in Years 7–12, with teachers able to select those most appropriate for their students

•three student tasks: two design challenges and a research task

•many fact files, student response (activity) sheets and guidelines that can be used to either support the design challenges or research task, or can be used as stand-alone resources to suit a program designed by the teacher.

Each design challenge has its own unique focus:

•Design challenge 5: Making sun-safe clothing fashionable requires students to design, present fashion illustrations for and make a sun-safe garment or outfit in accordance with the demands of one of four design options:

–Indigo magic

–Daywear—Digital print

–Street wear—Embellished bomber jacket

–Resort wear—Dyeing for the sun

•Design challenge 6: Sun savvy with style requires students to develop a folio that shows their design processes when they investigate and design three mix and match garments to help Australian teens stay safe in the sun. Whilst they provide suitable fabric samples for their designs, they do not make the garments, although they could do this if the teacher decides that it is appropriate for students to do so.

•Research task: Australian teens embrace the sun-safe message requires students to research and provide a response to the statement: Australian teens embrace the sun-safe message. In their responses students conclude with recommendations to the key stakeholders on how to improve teen behaviours in relation to sun-protective clothing choices.

The design challenges and the research task all include:

•teacher notes including suggested learning experiences

•the details of the challenge/task

•a checklist of what students have to do to complete the challenge/task

•student resources (fact files and student response [activity] sheets) to support completion of the tasks.

There are many resources to support the design challenges and research task, as described in Teacher notes 9: Overview of the Years 11 and 12 suite of materials and as listed below, available as downloadable PDFs. It is expected that the teacher will select those resources that are most appropriate to the task, taking into account the students’ abilities, time available and other similar considerations. Some resources that are listed are suitable for students in Years 9/10 as well as students in Years 11/12; it is expected that the student responses would be at very different levels for the different bands’.

Overview of the Years 11 and 12 suite of materials

Teacher notes

Teacher notes 9:
Overview of the Years 11 and 12 suite of materials includes information about the tasks, what students submit, brief notes about assessing student work, and suggested learning experiences for the three tasks and how to use the resources provided. Many of the learning experiences and resources are suitable for students in Year 9 to Year 12, but the response demands for Years 11/12 students would be higher.