Polymers R Us

Schedule

The project is divided into six weeks of activities. The dates of Weeks 1 through 4 are listed below for all the groups. Partner groups are color-coded with the same color. Because of spring breaks the schedules for different groups are not identical. The schedule is set so that every group should have completed the Week 3 assignments by Saturday, March 10. All groups should have completed the Week 4 assignments by Saturday, March 24. The Week 1, Week 2, and Week 3 assignment deadlines are the same for all groups. The tasks and assignments for each Week are outlined below.

Because almost all communication during this project will be by the discussion board and e-mail, you should check both the discussion board and your e-mail at least once a day.

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Woff1

Woff2

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Fair1

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Fair3

Conv1

Conv2

Rider1

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Feb 19 - 24

Week 1

Feb 26 - Mar 3

Week 2

Mar 5 - Mar 10

Week 3

Mar 12 - Mar 17

Week 4

Break

Mar 19 - Mar 24

Break

Week 4

The tasks and assignments due for Week 1 through Week 4 of the project are listed below.

Week	Assignment	Task	Due
1		Initial communications
	1	Each individual completes pre-project questionnaire.	Wed.
	2	Each individual posts information on discussion board.	Wed.
		Polymer Morphology
	3	Each group posts answers to questions on discussion board.	Wed.
	3	Partner groups resolve differences in answers to questions.	Sat.
2		Tensile testing
	4	Each group will do tensile measurements on one plastic and report results to the discussion board.	Sat.
		Stretching test
	5	Each group will do the stretching test on the same polymer used in the tensile test and report results to the discussion board.	Sat
		Ripping test
	6	Each group will do the ripping test on the same polymer used in the tensile and stretching tests and report results to the discussion board.	Sat.
3		Results of tensile, stretching, and ripping tests
	7	Each group posts answers to questions on discussion board.	Wed.
	7	Partner groups resolve differences in answers to questions.	Sat.
		Density measurements
	8	Each group will measure the density of three plastics, calculate percent crystallinities and report results to the discussion board.	Sat.
		Week 3 Questions
	9	Each group posts answers to questions on discussion board.	Sat.


4		Week 3 Questions
	9	Partner groups resolve differences in answers to questions.	Wed.
		Designing polymers
	10	Each group posts ideas for appropriate polymers on the discussion board.	Wed.
	10	Partner groups resolve differences in responses.	Sat.
	11	Each individual completes post-project questionnaire.	Sat.

The PCOL community acknowledges that partial support for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education through grants DUE #9950809 and DUE #9950296. Additional support was provided by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. PCOL faculty also acknowledge the National Science Teachers Association which awarded the PCOL Faculty Consortium the 1998 Gustav Ohaus Award for Innovation in College Science Teaching.

Project Home Page	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4
Polymer Resource Web Pages	Schedule	Groups

This page was last updated on Feb. 10, 2001
llever@uscs.edu