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This site from the Energy Information Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy presents a description of an elementary and middle school activity to detect ultraviolet light using "UV beads," which fluoresce in sunlight. Experiments include testing the effects of sunscreen and sunglasses on this effect.
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![]() <a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=8294">Energy Information Administration. Primary/Elementary Activity: Exploring Solar Beads. Washginton, DC: Energy Information Administration, October 15, 2007.</a>
![]() (Energy Information Administration, Washginton, DC, 1999), WWW Document, (https://www.eia.gov/kids/for-teachers/lesson-plans/pdfs/Kids_Energy_Source_poster.zip).
![]() Primary/Elementary Activity: Exploring Solar Beads (Energy Information Administration, Washginton, DC, 1999), <https://www.eia.gov/kids/for-teachers/lesson-plans/pdfs/Kids_Energy_Source_poster.zip>.
![]() Primary/Elementary Activity: Exploring Solar Beads. (2007, October 15). Retrieved May 1, 2025, from Energy Information Administration: https://www.eia.gov/kids/for-teachers/lesson-plans/pdfs/Kids_Energy_Source_poster.zip
![]() Energy Information Administration. Primary/Elementary Activity: Exploring Solar Beads. Washginton, DC: Energy Information Administration, October 15, 2007. https://www.eia.gov/kids/for-teachers/lesson-plans/pdfs/Kids_Energy_Source_poster.zip (accessed 1 May 2025).
![]() Primary/Elementary Activity: Exploring Solar Beads. Washginton, DC: Energy Information Administration, 1999. 15 Oct. 2007. 1 May 2025 <https://www.eia.gov/kids/for-teachers/lesson-plans/pdfs/Kids_Energy_Source_poster.zip>.
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Title = {Primary/Elementary Activity: Exploring Solar Beads},
Publisher = {Energy Information Administration},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {1 May 2025},
Month = {October 15, 2007},
Year = {1999}
}
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