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TALKING ABOUT SCIENCE
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Bioplastics project

This is the TAS archive containing materials for use in class / as part of the bioplastics project. For some general newspaper articles on plastics in the environment try The Guardian website (no paywall) and put "plastics" in the search bar. For more information about commercially available bioplastics, look at the learning centre on the Green Dot web site.

Notes about the chemistry that is introduced in class together with a vocabulary list with pronunciation (phonetic alphabet).
01_tas_workbook_chemistry_of_polymers.pdf
File Size: 1273 kb
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A file containing a very brief summary of some aspects of the development of plastics
02_tas_bioplastics_and_polymers_part_2.pdf
File Size: 30 kb
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Recipes that are used in class (these have all been tested)
tas_lab_bioplastic_recipes_modified.pdf
File Size: 65 kb
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An article about microplastics
05_tas_how_your_clothes_are_poisoning_our_oceans_and_food_supply.pdf
File Size: 46 kb
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An article about some of the chemistry behind biodegradeable plastics. Just bear in mind the last sentence: “What’s better
than a plastic fork? A metal fork. If you reuse things, you are not throwing them away.”
06_chemmatters-april2010-bioplastics_plastics_go_green.pdf
File Size: 652 kb
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A fact file infographic about plastic production in the world and in Europe
07_final_plastics_the_facts_2014_2015_260215.pdf
File Size: 3425 kb
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Template for presentations in class
plastics_template.pptx
File Size: 80 kb
File Type: pptx
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Disclaimer: I have no commercial connections to any of the sources cited.
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