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Hair
This Nuffield Working with Science unit encourages students to explore some of the problems people have with their hair, why they happen, and what can be done about them. The unit investigates how hair is kept clean and healthy, what substances are used in hairdressing products and how to make some of them. Students find out about how research affects what goes into hairdressing products and how advertising affects the use that is made of them.
Guidance for teachers and technicians appears in Teachers’ Notes C.
The unit was revised and republished for the CPVE edition of the project in the 1980s. Guidance for this version appears in the Tutors’ Handbook.
Contents
Section 1: The hair on your head
Section 2: What is hair?
Section 3: Shampoos
Section 4: Conditioners
Section 5: Setting hair
Section 6: Visit to a hairdresser
Section 7: Advertising and research
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