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In this activity, learners mix white craft glue and borax solution together to produce a surprising new material: GOOP!

In this activity, learners make a paper model of a polymer, then make Silly Putty, an actual polymer.

In this activity (on pages 4-5), learners make fake snow by adding water to the super-absorbant chemical from diapers, sodium polyacrylate.

In this activity (on page 2 of the PDF), learners (with adult help and supervision) investigate how heat affects polystyrene plastic.

During this activity, learners will make different versions of "ooze" using varied proportions of detergent and glue.

In this activity on page 7 of the PDF, learners explore how engineers characterize building materials.

In this activity, learners make self-assembled polymer spheres.

This activity (on page 2 of the PDF) features a recipe to create the stretchy polymer Flubber from Borax detergent, white glue, and water.