Transcript Physics practical work. An exploration of teachers

The Good, the Bad and
the UV
Physikos 09
2009 New Zealand Institute of Physics Conference
6 July 2009
Denis Burchill
Faculty of Education
[email protected]
Introduction
The following information, videos and activities are
available from the You, Me and UV topic on the
Science Learning Hub at:
http://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/contexts/you_me_and_uv
In addition, NIWA has much useful information on UV
and ozone at:
http://www.niwa.co.nz/our-services/online-services/uv-and-ozone
Videos
Below are 19 physics-related Videos of the 46 provided in the You, Me
and UV topic at:
http://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/contexts/you_me_and_uv/sci_media/video
•Dobson spectrophotometer
•UV Index time-lapse map for New Zealand
•How I became a physicist
•Whole-sky camera images
•Introducing Sanjay Kumarasingham
•Why are UV levels high in New Zealand
summer?
•Key ideas about my research work
•Monitoring UV disinfection
•Ozonesonde launch
•Why I work at Lauder
•Zapping bugs
•School children UV exposure research
•Sunbed research
•Tertiary treatment of effluent
•The best conditions to disinfect wastewater
•The importance of monitoring UV
•The value of physics
•Three wastewater polishing methods
•UV disinfection safety
Each of these videos are 1 to
2 minutes long.
Teaching and learning
approaches
Below are 6 physics-related Teaching and Learning Approaches of the
10 provided in the You, Me and UV topic at:
http://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/contexts/you_me_and_uv/teaching_and_learning_approaches
•UV Bead items
•Investigating UV intensity
•Investigating suncreens
•Write A Secret Message
•Make a printed circuit board
•Rock Fluorescence
Places that Sell UV-Related Material and Equipment
UV lam p:
UV Blacklight Bulb Ğ bayonet, $12.90 f or one, cheaper f or more than 5 or more
than 10.
Jaycar Electronics Ltd: Cat. No. SL2760, http://w w w.jaycar.co.nz/
(Over 47 stores and 100 Authorised Stockists and Agents throughout Australia
and New Zealand. http://w w w.jaycar.com.au/stores.asp)
The information alongside is
also available as a Word
document.
UV Blacklight Bulb Ğ bayonet, $30.00 each,
Mish Ltd: PO Bo x 19937, Christchurch, 021 347 335, 03 382 1614
[email protected] http://w w w.mish.co.nz/
UV Pe n: Secret Message UV Pen & Light $8.00 each,
Mish (address above) http://w w w.mish.co.nz/
Invisible Writer Pen, $10.00 each.
NatureÕsWindow http://yellow.co.nz/
UV LED : 5 mm size, 395 nm wavelength (UVA), $3.95 each
Jaycar Electronics Ltd: Cat. No. ZD0260, http://w w w.jaycar.com.au/
(Need to connect a 470 ohm resistor and 9 volt battery in series with the UV
light emitting diode.)
UV Meter: Jaycar Electronics Ltd: Cat. No. GH11. $29.90 f or one,
cheaper f or more than 3 or more than 6. http://w w w.jaycar.co.nz/
There are lots of UVĞrelated
stuf f onTradeMe too.
UV Sensitive Plastic Beads:
http://w w w.everyeducaid.co.nz/
http://w w w.starlab-astronomy.co.nz/
If you want to go to the extra bother it looks to be cheaper to purchase
UV beads directly from Educational Innovations at:
http://w w w.teachersource.com/LightAndColor/Ultraviolet/UltravioletDete
ctingBeads.aspx?utm_source=mainlist&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_
campaign=scienceparty