UV and Psoriasis

This site gives a good summary of the effects of UV on the skin. After reading it you should be able to write a summary of the effects of UV for yourself.

video - skin cancer NHS Choices

If the video does not play you can view it in the NHS website. The sunsmart video is on the right hand side of the NHS webpage.

ems video

The video gives a brief description of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Infrared Quiz (do the EMS quiz first)

The quizes now work (I hope - I'm sure you'll let me know if they don't work!)
Here is a short multiple choice quiz on infrared radiation. When you have finished use the comments to send me your result. You can use 'anonymous' and use your first name only.

Week 1

• What is electro-cosmetic therapy?
• Introduction
• terminology : wavelength, frequency, energy, prefixes e.g. nanometres, scientific notation
• The electromagnetic spectrum
• 90 degree rule and inverse square law (practical)
• infrared radiation
• ultraviolet radiation (to be completed by students using website links)

Excellent Tutorial - Ultraviolet radiation

Work through all of the sections in this tutorial. Clicking on the title will take you to this excellent website.

The World Health Organisation

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has lots to say about the effects of ultraviolet radiation - probably much more than you want to know. You should time reading som eof the articles in this site. What does it say about sunbeds? What do they say about the effects of UVA on the skin?

What are the aims of the INTERSUN programme?

Sunsmart

By now everyone knows that too much sun can cause skin cancer. Cancer Research UK has everything you need to know about the effects of ultra-violet radiation. Click on the title above and follow the link to 'skin cancer'.

What do they say about sunbeds?

The Electromagnetic Spectrum

from NASA
Clicking on the title will take you to Andy Darvill's GCSE Physics site. Not all of it is relevant to you but it good background knowledge.
Clicking on the picture makes it bigger.

Sunbeds may Kill Me - Actor

Click on the title above to go to the news article.

Unit Specification

The units specification can be found by clicking on the title bar above.

It has been decided that only part of the unit can be thought of as 'physics' and will be taught by a physics specialist. The remainder of the unit will be taught by the beauty lecturers.

There are 3 outcomes. The physics specialist will teach all of Outcome 1 and part of Outcome 2 (principles of electrotherapy treatments used in the beauty salon)

The Beauty Therapy lecturers will teach the second part of outcome 2 (effects of electrotherapy treatements.

Core Skills

There will be no assessment of core skills numeracy as part of the physics unit. There will be many occasions where you will use numerical skills but these will not be assessed.

News feature from the BBC

Click on the title for the news report. Do you agree with it?

Sunbeds and Skin Ageing

The BBC website has some information to discourage young people from using sunbeds. The effects of sunbeds are simulated. Click on the photo of Sandi Thom to see the effects.

Is this how you feel?

Never mind - it will soon be over.

Beauty Therapy Equipment

What do the photos aboveshow?

Working Hard?

Link to Heineman free samples (updated)

Clicking on the title above will take you to a free samples from Heineman Books on UV radiation treatments in Beauty Therapy. It is quite large and take aaaaages to load if you have not got broadband.

Some more free resources, which include some activities, are also available and these may help you with other parts of your Beauty Therapy Course. Try out the activity on Hair Structure.

UV Radiation - Matching Exercise

This is a 'drag and drop' exercise Drag the boxes on the right hand side over to the correct place on the left hand side. Let me know if it works and where (home or college)using the comments. Thanks.
Carol