Shiloh+D14

Shiloh D 2013-2014
 * THE EFFECTS OF UV RAYS ON UV BEADS **

The purpose of these experiments was to find out which items protect the skin best from UV rays. Ultra violet light is an invisible form of electromagnetic radiation that has a shorter wavelength than the human eye can see. Bags with sunscreen on the top were soaked in water for different amounts of time and then placed on UV beads to see how well they protect them from UV rays. The beads that were protected by the sunscreen that had been soaked for the least amount of time absorbed the least amount of UV light and the beads that had protection from the sunscreen that had been soaked for the longest time absorbed the most amount of UV light. This is because the water the sunscreen bag was soaked in slowly washed away the sunscreen from the top making it easier for light to reach the beads so, the longer the soak the most amount of sunscreen will come off and the most amount of UV light will be absorbed.
 * ABSTRACT **

An improvement that could be made in the experiments would be to more carefully measure the amounts of sunscreen that was being used to protect the beads. It would give a slightly more accurate result because the less sunscreen the less sun protection and the more sunscreen, the more sun protection.It would be interesting to do a future experiment about if being wet helps or doesn't help protect the skin (UV beads) from UV rays.
 * Experimental Improvements and Future Experiments **

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