fairfolio
Saved Projects

Sun Protection on the Courts: A Test of Colors and Materials in Tennis Clothing

CSEF · 2007 Materials Science (Junior Division Only)

Mary E. Smith · St. Anthony's School, Fresno, Fresno County

Overview

Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out if people who play tennis consider their clothing as a means of sun protection. I also wanted to test whether the color and material made a difference in blocking out the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays. Methods/Materials I used two methods in this project to determine my objective: 1. survey of individuals who play tennis 2. experiment using solar paper under various colors and materials Results From my survey I found that people are concerned about skin cancer, but that they do not choose their tennis clothing based on protecting them from the sun. From my experiment I discovered that the dark blue shirt blocked out the most ultraviolet rays. Conclusions/Discussion I am under 21 years old, and I learned that most people my age are not concerned about skin cancer. After researching the disease, I discovered that skin cancer is very serious, and can be life-threatening. Sun protection all the time is very important. I found that putting on sunscreen is not enough. All of us should protect ourselves on the court by choosing sun-protective clothing.

Summary statement

My project tested the best materials and colors for sun protection.

Help received

Mother helped purchase supplies and gave suggestions for organizing results.

Competition history

  • CSEF 2007 Materials Science (Junior Division Only) · Entry J1226

Resources

Related projects

Closest projects by meaning, across every fair and year in the corpus.

Browse more like this

Source: California Science & Engineering Fair public projects

Save projects to your library

Sign in with Google to keep track of projects you find interesting, organized into folders. An account also raises your daily allowance for “Has this been done?”, and lets you create a key for the MCP server with a much higher limit than anonymous use. Browsing stays public.

Continue with Google