1. GATSBY SCIENCE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMMEINNOVATIONS IN PRACTICAL WORK: FANTASTIC PLASTIC Packaging made of polystyrene.

2. GATSBY SCIENCE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMMEINNOVATIONS IN PRACTICAL WORK: FANTASTIC PLASTIC A polystyrene vending cup will flatten when heated.

3. GATSBY SCIENCE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMMEINNOVATIONS IN PRACTICAL WORK: FANTASTIC PLASTIC A hot glue gun heats the polymer used for the glue creating fine fibres.

4. GATSBY SCIENCE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMMEINNOVATIONS IN PRACTICAL WORK: FANTASTIC PLASTIC A variety of items made from polystyrene processed in different ways.

5. GATSBY SCIENCE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMMEINNOVATIONS IN PRACTICAL WORK: FANTASTIC PLASTIC Examples of materials that contain cross-linked polymers.

6. GATSBY SCIENCE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMMEINNOVATIONS IN PRACTICAL WORK: FANTASTIC PLASTIC Rubber can be made from liquid rubber latex and a weak acid such as lemon juice.

7. GATSBY SCIENCE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMMEINNOVATIONS IN PRACTICAL WORK: FANTASTIC PLASTIC After mixing acid with rubber latex, solid rubber is formed.

8. GATSBY SCIENCE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMMEINNOVATIONS IN PRACTICAL WORK: FANTASTIC PLASTIC Solid rubber being rinsed in water and moulded into a ball.

9. GATSBY SCIENCE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMMEINNOVATIONS IN PRACTICAL WORK: FANTASTIC PLASTIC Rubber ball being dried on a cloth.

10. GATSBY SCIENCE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMMEINNOVATIONS IN PRACTICAL WORK: FANTASTIC PLASTIC Testing the elasticity of the rubber ball.

11. GATSBY SCIENCE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMMEINNOVATIONS IN PRACTICAL WORK: FANTASTIC PLASTIC Polymorph granules soften when put into warm water, and can be removed as a clump and moulded by hand.