Chemistry

Sodium polyacrylate, the superabsorbent polymer found in disposable diapers, has a unique ability to absorb prodigious amounts of water. Did you know that it will also remove heavy metal cations from solution? The cross-linked polymer contains a larg...

The Gluep Production Lab is a real-life, open-ended, discovery activity with an element of corporate competition. Student research teams are challenged to use the scientific method to improve a polymer recipe and make a bouncier Gluep ball-all while ...

Do Grow-Dinos really grow more than 600% when placed in water? Your students will find out as they investigate the growth of a polymer dinosaur over a period of five days. Physical measurements-length, height, thickness, perimeter, area, volume, mass...

Nanotechnology is the study of the preparation and properties of atomic, molecular, or macromolecular particles in the size range of 1–100 nanometers. An exciting new breakthrough in nanotechnology involves the delivery and transport of medicines to ...

The United States produces almost 100 billion pounds of plastics every year, yet only 4% of this amount is recycled. Recycling plastics is a special challenge because of the variety of plastics in everyday use. In this student lab kit, students inves...

Slime, slime, and more slime-it stretches, it flows, it even picks up ink! With our new, economical kit, you'll have enough materials for each and every student in your class to make a batch of slime. Students will have fun as they perform observatio...

We use polymers every day! In fact, it is difficult to identify items that do not contain polymers. Despite their tremendous variety, all polymers are basically made by either addition or condensation reactions. Three independent “mini-lab” activitie...