[EMP2012] EMP telecon

[Randy Russell]

On 9/9/2013 10:57 AM, Ruth Paglierani wrote:

Good call, I agree. Personal relevance is always helpful in getting 
people's attention; and the UV/sunburn/skin cancer angle is a good way 
to bring in the EM spectrum in a way that people can relate to; I 
developed some materials on that front for a workshop a few years back.

Here are a couple of sample images I developed for that (I also have 
some activities with UV sensitive color-change beads, etc., and a fair 
amount of other material that I could dust off):

http://www.windows2universe.org/physical_science/magnetism/images/uv_spectrum_regions_big_gif_image.html
http://www.windows2universe.org/physical_science/magnetism/images/uv_spectrum_waves_big_gif_image.html
http://www.windows2universe.org/physical_science/magnetism/images/visible_spectrum_waves_big_jpg_image.html

> Hi Randy---
>
> Great ideas!
>
> I think you have added some very relevant topics to flesh out what we 
> can share with the public. One other topic I'd like to see called out 
> is "sun safety"---how to view a solar eclipse safely and broader topic 
> of UV exposure and skin/eye safety. I have found people are always 
> interested in the personal connections and science and it is very easy 
> to make the sun personal through connections to their very own health.
>
> ruth
>
> phone 303/497-2587
>

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