Physics of the Universe · Week 28 · Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation
Sunburn and UV
Evaluating claims about how ultraviolet radiation affects living tissue and committing to a personal sun safety plan.
- Students will
- Students evaluate claims about how ultraviolet radiation damages living tissue using data and make a sun safety plan.
- SEL skill
- Choose one action and plan how to follow through
- What it looks like
- Students practice self-motivation by choosing one sun protection action they will follow through on.
- Content focus
- Sunburn, UV light, and a personal sun plan
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-management
Self-management means handling your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors so you can reach your goals. More self-management activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- HS-PS4-4: High School Physical Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP8 Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
- Crosscutting concept: CCC2 Cause and effect
- CA Environmental Principles and Concepts: Principle I: People depend on natural systems
- Literacy in science: RST.11-12.2 Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text and summarize them accurately.
- Traditional course: Physics
Fits these textbook chapters
- Physics Techbook, Concept 5.2: Reflection and Refraction
- Inspire Physics, Unit 4: Fundamentals of Light
- Inspire Physics, Unit 6: Quantum Theory and the Atom
- California HMH Science Dimensions: Physics in the Universe, Unit 7: Waves
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More self-management activities for Physics of the Universe
- Force and Motion Self-managementAnalyzing motion data to show that net force causes acceleration and identifying the forces that move students toward their goals.
- Balanced and Unbalanced Self-managementModeling balanced and unbalanced forces and noticing when the forces in life feel balanced or out of control.
- Magnets and Motors Self-managementInvestigating how electric current creates magnetic fields and channeling curiosity into persistence when a motor will not spin.
- Heat Engines and Efficiency Self-managementInvestigating heat flow and efficiency and finding where students lose energy to stress and how to recover it.
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