Mono = One; Poly = Many

Many, Many monomers total up to make a polymer....and that's what we studied today as we learned the differences between simple reactions, and reactions that produce a product known as a polymer. We then went on a treasure hunt to find polymer products throughout the school and came up with everything from our plastic bins in the classroom to the clothes that we were wearing! We created our own polymers out of glue and borax, and then played with polymer balls.

simple reaction

baking soda and vinegar...always exciting!

post reaction

making polymers!

playing with polymers

eeewwww Tommy! ;)

drips through our fingers

fun stuff (dual banned words in sixth grade!)

make it bounce!