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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Bridging to Polymers: Thermoset Lab

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students act as engineers to learn about the strengths of various epoxy-amine mixtures, and observe the unique characteristics of different mixtures of epoxies and hardeners. Student groups make and optimize thermosets by combining two...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Close Encounters of the Polymer Kind

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the basic characteristics of polymers through the introduction of two polymer categories: thermoplastics and thermosets.
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Activity
Other

Fraser Valley Astronomers Society: Mirror Making

For Students 9th - 10th
Directions and suggestions for making a parabolic mirror out of epoxy for use in a reflecting telescope. Links provided for sources of epoxy.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Concrete

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides an encyclopedia entry about concrete that features pictures, diagrams, history and other information, as well as links to related topics.