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Make Your Own Glue

Participants learn about adhesives–how they work and how engineers test them–as they create their own glue and test it against other glue types.

Time
  • 1 to 2 Hours
Careers
  • Materials Science
Grade
  • 3-5
  • 6-8
Topic
  • Dream Big
  • Mixtures & Solutions
  • Technology & Materials
Leader Notes Student Instruction Challenge Video

Created by Marcy Klein and Eddie Goldstein, Alchemy Studio, for the American Society of Civil Engineers. All rights reserved.

Supplemental content adapted for Dream Big Activities by Carnegie Science Center.

Funding for this Dream Big Activity was provided by a generous grant from the United Engineering Foundation.


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