What are some common things made of plastic today? (at least three)
ex: bag, bottle, hair brush, pens, markers.
What are some simple ways to deal with the plastic problem?
Recycle or reuse it.
How did LEGO bricks begin?
LEGO bricks began as wooden bricks.
What industry benefits from plastic?
The medical industry.
What are the past participles of these three words?
drink go see
drink > drank > drunk
go > went > gone
see > saw > seen
The first plastic we learned about was Parkesine. What was the problem with producing Parkesine for common use?
It was too expensive.
What are three unique solutions to the plastic problem?
Building a boat, a bridge, or a building.
What did LEGOs change to and why?
LEGOs changed to plastic because the wooden bricks had trouble sticking together.
What are contact lenses made of? Why?
Plastic. They're more comfortable.
What type of question does the adverb in this sentence answer?
Fishy-bob eats messily at dinner.
messily > how
When was Bakelite created and by who?
1909 by Leo Baekeland.
What is the EcoARK?
A building in Taiwan made of 1.5 million bottle-shaped bricks.
What is the first reason for LEGO's success?
The company wasn't satisfied until its toy was just right.
How is plastic used in eye glasses?
The frame and lenses themselves are often made of plastic.
Fill in the blank with an appropriate adverb.
The students are ____________ quiet when they take the test.
ex: only
What is plastic made of today?
Petroleum.
What is Plastiki?
A sailboat made from 12,000 plastic bottles and weighs 9 tons. It sailed all the way across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Sydney.
What's the second reason for LEGO's success?
The second reason for LEGO's success is the toy itself. The LEGO Group's vision was to make a toy that let children learn through playing.
What are artificial joints made out of?
Today, many joints are made from a combination of metal and plastic parts.
Fill in the blank with the correct past participle form.
He had _________________ all the pancakes, so there were none left.
eaten
How and why was celluloid created?
Celluloid was created as a substitute for ivory used in billiard balls. In 1866, John Wesley Hyatt created celluloid. He didn't win the prize, but it was used for many other things.
Explain the plastic bridge in Scotland.
It's the world's longest plastic bridge made of 50 tons of plastic bottles and containers. It can hold 44 tons of people and vehicles, doesn't rust or need regular paint.
What's the third reason for LEGO's success?
The third reason for LEGO's success is that the LEGO group keeps try to innovate. They have many different product lines.
Before plastic, what did hospitals have to do?
They had to boil medical tools to sanitize them.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate adverb.
The cookie smelled _____________ sweet as it baked in the oven.
ex: deliciously.