The face of melanoma
In this activity, students examine the lifestyle factors that contribute to skin cancer and prepare information about skin cancer for a child or teenage audience.
By the end of this activity, students should be able to:
describe the lifestyle factors that contribute to skin cancer
advise a young person on skin cancer and its prevention.
Moles and melanoma
Hayley Reynolds (Auckland Bioengineering Institute) and Associate Professor Rod Dunbar (University of Auckland) explain the changes in moles that can be signs of melanoma developing.
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introduction/background notes
what you need
what to do
student handout.
Related content
Find out more about skin cancer, then follow up with these related articles that explain why NZ skin cancer rates are so high, some of the risk factors and how skin cancer is diagnosed and treated.
