Synthetic materials

MS-PS1-3: Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.

Vocabulary: synthetic, materials, natural, resources, chemical, process, textiles, medicine, alternative, fuels, reinforced, polymer, biofuel, biomass, bioplastics, plastics, & composites.

Google Doc

1. What is the difference between synthetic and natural?

2. Kahoot! - Synthetic Materials vs. Natural Materials (put the answers in the Google Doc) 

3. Watch the movie and answer the following questions.

4. Watch the BrainPOP and answer the following questions.

    a. What does the word plastic mean?

    b. What is a polymer?

    c. What did Charles Goodyear discover? 

    d. What did Leo Hendrik Baekeland create?

    e. What are some different types of plastics?

    f. Why does plastic have a bad reputation with environmentalists? 

    g. What might replace plastic in the future? 

5. Go to the Building Organic Compounds page and answer the following questions.

    a. What is an organic compound?

    b. Is the makeup of living things different than that of non-living things? 

    c. What are Hydrocarbons?

    d. What is Glycogen? 

6. Watch the Edquzzle and answer the questions. (Put answers in Google Doc) 

7. Quizlet - Synthetic vs. Natural (Put answers in Google Doc) 

8. Watch the movie and answer the following questions.

    a. Are all plastics the same?

    b. How many types of plastics are there?

    c. What number is polyvinyl chloride? 

    d. What two forms does PVC come in?

    e. What is PVC used for? 

9. Watch the movie and answer the following questions.

    a. What have the chemicals in PVC been linked to?

    b. What do we use PVC for?

    c. What happens when PVC is exposed to heat? 

    d. What happens to PVC after it is thrown away? 

    e. Does PVC get into drinking water?