The Good, the Bad and the UV

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The Good, the Bad and the UV
Physikos 09 2009 New Zealand Institute of
Physics Conference 6 July 2009

• Denis Burchill
• Faculty of Education
• d.burchill_at_auckland.ac.nz

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Introduction
The following information, videos and activities
are available from the You, Me and UV topic on
the Science Learning Hub at http//www.sciencelea
rn.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-serv
ices/uv-and-ozone
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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
• How I became a physicist
• Introducing Sanjay Kumarasingham
• Key ideas about my research work
• Monitoring UV disinfection
• Ozonesonde launch
• 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

• UV Index time-lapse map for New Zealand
• Whole-sky camera images
• Why are UV levels high in New Zealand summer?
• Why I work at Lauder
• Zapping bugs

Each of these videos are 1 to 2 minutes long.
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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/contex
ts/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

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The information alongside is also available as a
Word document.