Instructional Video5:01
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: From DNA to Silly Putty, the diverse world of polymers - Jan Mattingly

Pre-K - Higher Ed
You are made of polymers, and so are trees and telephones and toys. A polymer is a long chain of identical molecules (or monomers) with a range of useful properties, like toughness or stretchiness -- and it turns out, we just can't live...
Instructional Video4:31
Curated Video

The Problems with the Use and Disposal of Polymers

Higher Ed
This video discusses the problems associated with the use and disposal of synthetic polymers. The video also discusses the challenge of disposing of non-biodegradable synthetic polymers, which can take hundreds of years to fully decay....