Gray for a Day Kit Registration 

A 45-60 minute lesson for grades 4-6. Gray for a Day utilizes an empathic model to educate participants on the age-related sensory and functional challenges that older adults might face.The Gray for a Day kit provides teachers with all the materials needed to allow their students to get to "gear up" to discover what it is like to live with age-related conditions.  Available Spring Semester only.

 Lesson Objectives:

• Understand how the senses and functional abilities can decline with age
• Experience age-related sensory and functional decline
• Understand the influence of sensory and functional decline on daily life
• Be encouraged to develop the skills necessary to effectively interact with and support someone who may be experiencing age-related sensory and functional challenges
• Understand how taking steps to improve or maintain your health now will contribute to sensory and functional well-being in the future