Name: Jherie Mae Cerezo

Grade and Section:10 Tinio

Activity 3. Protect Your Skin

Learning Competency:
Cite examples of practical applications of the different regions of EM waves,
such as the use of UV ray and X-ray in medicine.

Objective: Demonstrate how sunscreen protects our skin from harmful UV rays.

Materials: Sunscreen Lotion, construction paper.

1. Apply sunscreen lotion to both hands.

2. Press the hands against construction paper.

3. Leave the paper under direct sunlight for 4 hours.
4. Observe what will happen.

1. 2.

3. 4.
Figure 3: Sunscreen on paper
Retrieved from Make Handprint Art Using Ultraviolet Light! | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids. (n.d.). NASA Science.
https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/sunscreen-activity/en/
Guide Questions:

1. How did the sunlight affect the color of the paper?

When the Sun is setting or rising, its light has to go through
a thicker layer of air.
2. How can you explain the handprint that is left on the paper after
being out in the sun for hours?
becuase it takes long that the handprint is left mark on the paper for hours in
the sun

Closure: How can we protect our skin from harmful UV rays?

Use sunscreen everyday.apply at least one ounce of sunscreen
(enough to fill a shot glass) at least 15 to 30 minutes before going
outside. Also use a lip balm or lipstick that contains sunscreen
with a sun protection factor (SPF) of at least 30.