Tennessee Science Grade 8

Section 1: Ideas About Evolution

Chemical polymers

Polymers

Project Type: Career
Polymers are used in a variety of industries, organizations, and academic institutions. Have students brainstorm a list of questions for a polymer chemist about new materials used in everyday life. They should write the answers to in their Science Journal.

Alternate Procedure:
If time is limited, students could prepare a list of questions and then use the web sites listed below to find the answers.

Resources:

Careers are in Polymers
http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=1188&content_id=CTP_003399&use_sec=true&sec_url_var=region1

Naturally Occurring and Manmade Polymers
http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/CHEMWEEK/POLYMERS/Polymers.html

Polymers in Your Everyday Life
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/consumer/faq/hairspray-ingredients.shtml

http://www.pslc.ws/macrog/index.htm

http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/WofMatE/polymers.htm

Polymers and Serendipity
http://www.thebakken.org/education/SciMathMN/polymers-serendipity/polymer1.htm