• Atoms, Elements, Molecules
• What Are Atoms Made Of?
  • Periodic Table of the Elements
  • Why Salt Happens
• What is a Polymer?
  [Concepts: monomers, linear vs. branched, repeat units, pendant groups, shorthand (using repeat unit and brackets), make your own virtual polymer]
• What Makes Polymers Different
• Great & Not-So-Great Things about Polymers

• Big Ralph's Sportin' Stuff
• Big Splash Pool Palace
• Clothing Inc.
• Dissonance Records
• Firewalker's Shoe Store
• Food Court
• Paul's Skate Shop
• Pit Lane Auto Parts
• Rodney the Roadie's Music Shop
• Sandy's Bagpipes
• Tons O' Toys

• Natural Polymers
  • Polymers from the Sea
  • Cellulose (also links to fiber.htm)
  • Starch
    • sugar
    • Starch vs. Cellulose
    • α-D-glucose
    • β-D-glucose
  • Rubber (natural rubber, polyisoprene)
  • Proteins
    • Amino Acids
    • Keratin (includes Llamas)
    • Collagen
    • Gelatin (includes Activities using gelatin
    • Enzyme activity (cracker)
  • Most common natural polymers
• Synthetic Polymers
  • Rubber
    • Polyisoprene
    • SBS Rubber
    • Polybutadiene
    • Polyisobutylene
    • Silicone
  • Nylon
    • Polyamides
    • Nylon 6,6 and Nylon 6
    • Aramids
  • Polymers from cellulose:
    • Cellulose Nitrate
    • Cellulose Acetate
    • Rayon
  • Polyethylene
  • Polyester
  • Polyurethane
  • PVC
  • PVDC (Saran)
  • Polycarbonate
  • Epoxy Resins
  • Polystyrene
  • Polypropylene
  • PMMA
  • ABS
  • PTFE (Teflon)
• Bend & Stretch
  • Plastics (thermoplastics)
  • Elastomers
  • Thermoplastic Elastomers
• Tough & Hard (crosslinks and thermosets) (links to epoxy resins, polycarbonates)

• How Things are Made from Polymers
  • Molding Things
  • Films and Coatings
  • Fibers
  • Foams
• Making Polymers Stronger
  • Making fibers stronger (includes H-bonds)
  • Composites
  • Crosslinking
  • Copolymers
• Observing and Measuring Polymer Properties
  (thinking about different properties; observing and testing for strength, toughness, scratch resistance, impact resistance hardness, solubility, viscosity, etc.)
  • activity: observing and measuring
  • list of polymer properties
  • Activity: Design
• How are Polymers Made?

Polymers in Action: Activities!

• Paul's Lab
  Kid's Macrogalleria Labs
  • Shrinking Polymers
  • Films
  • Crosslinked Gumdrops
  • Paul's Quest Game
    Gelatin Labs
  • Creepy Wigglers
  • Gelatin Prism
  • Expanding Gummy Bears
  • Gelatin for Drug Delivery
    
• Making Music With Polymers
  • How Polymers Make Music
  • Polymer Music Mystery
• How Polymers Work
  • Why Does Shrink Wrap Shrink?
  • What Do Recycling Numbers Mean?
  • What Are Optical Fibers Made of?
• Paul's Flash Activities
  • Making a Virtual Polymer
    • Polyethylene
    • Protein
    • Nylon
  • Polymer Basics
  • Paul's Coloring Book
  • Paul's Quest Game
  • Paul's Dress-up Game
  • Paul's Health Game
  • Polymer Matching Card Game
  • Polymer Music Mystery
• Just for Fun
  • Find Paul
  • Polymer Poetry
  • Flying Polymers
  • Paul's Coloring Book