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Published by
Australian Academy
of Science
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Activities | Making packaging greener – biodegradable plastics
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- Land Learn, Victorian Department of Primary Industries, Australia
- A whey to make biodegradable plastic – students investigate the synthesis of PHB and its degradation by bacteria. Students also discuss responsible waste management, recycling and ways to reduce their ecological footprint.
- Berkeley Lab (University of California, USA)
- Michigan Reach Out! (University of Michigan, USA)
- Playing with polymers – students use cooked spaghetti to model a polymer, and make a
polymer using white glue, talcum powder and borax.
- The Dow Chemical Company and the National Science Teachers Association (USA)
- Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (Illinois Institute of
Technology, USA)
- Organic and biochemistry (Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, USA)
- Plastics analysis – students examine some physical and chemical properties of some
recyclable plastics and identify two unknown plastics.
- Preparation of polymers – how to make polystyrene, nylon and slime.
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