Archive for September, 2010

Homeschooled girls and shrinky-dinking polymers

What do inline skates, CDs, Frisbees, and even the clothes you wear have in common? On a Thursday in late August, science educator Cassie Byrd (pictured) put the question to the homeschooled girls participating in the Exploratorium’s Girls’ Science Institute.
The answer, of course, is polymers. Cassie explained how she chose […]

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