Nothing is more relaxing than a nice, sunny day at the beach. Make sure your visit to the beach remains relaxing with a list of summer safety tips for the beach, including using sunscreen with a high SPF, handling jellyfish and stingray stings, avoiding and surviving rip currents, and listening to designated lifeguards.

Concepts

water safety, beaches, safety rules, safety, sun safety

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Additional Tags

health

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Instructional Ideas

• Distribute to learners at the end of the year as they prepare for summer vacation
• Provide the tips to camp counselors or incoming lifeguards
• Prompt your class to write a narrative essay in which someone is saved by a lifeguard, takes safety precautions, or survives a rip current
• Use in an informational text reading unit

Classroom Considerations

• A majority of the first page of the brochure prompts readers to join the United States Lifesaving Association
• Brochure is in color, but would still be readable in black and white

Pros

• Promotes the importance of beach safety in many different areas
• Includes helpful tips for avoiding danger at the beach
• Top ten list of safety tips focuses the most important things to remember
• Provides a version of the brochure in Spanish

Cons

• None