Materials List:
Stretching to Compare Properties:
The Plastic Test
https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/nyu_plastic_activity1
The Plastic Test
Each group needs:
- piece of plastic from a dry cleaning bag, ~30 x 30 cm (~12 x 12 in), labeled A
- piece of plastic from a grocery store bag, ~30 x 30 cm (~12 x 12 in), labeled B
- piece of plastic from a department store bag, ~30 x 30 cm (~12 x 12 in), labeled C
- piece of plastics from a plastic milk container, ~30 x 30 cm (~12 x 12 in), labeled D
- plastic medical examiner glove, labeled E
- Data Collection Sheet, one per person
- pencil
- ruler
Note: The plastic piece sizes are approximate.
To share with the entire class:
- colored tape
- a few different sized notebooks
- a set of the five plastic test pieces (A-E), for a teacher stretch demo