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==Key Stage 1==
===Meaning===
[[File:CupPlastic.png|right|300px|thumb|'''Plastic ''' is a good [[material]] to make cups because it is waterproof.]]
'''Plastic''' is a waterproof [[material]] that can be melted and molded into new shapes. There are so many types of plastic the other properties are all different.
: Some '''plastics''' are transparent so they are used to make windows.
: All '''plastic''' can be melted and formed into new shapes.
==Key Stage 2==
===Meaning===
'''Plastic''' is a waterproof [[material]] that can be melted and molded into new shapes. There are so many types of plastic the other properties are all different.
===About Plastics===
: Some '''plastics''' are bendy so they are used to make rulers.
: Some '''plastics''' are stiff so they are used to make tables.
: Some '''plastics''' are transparent so they are used to make windows.
: All '''plastic''' can be melted and formed into new shapes.
==Key Stage 3==
===Meaning===
'''Plastics''' are [[material]]s made from long chain [[molecule]]s made from many [[atom]]s.
===About Plastics===
: '''Plastics''' are made from [[polymer]]s.
: The [[property|properties]] of a '''plastic''' depend on the [[polymer]] that the '''plastic''' is made from.
==Key Stage 4==
===Meaning===
'''Plastics''' are [[material]]s made from [[polymer]]s.
===About Plastics===
: The [[property|properties]] of a '''plastic''' depend on the [[polymer]] that the '''plastic''' is made from.
===References===
====AQA====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/019835939X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=019835939X&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=57e96876985fc39b1a3d8a3e3dc238b6 ''Plastic, pages 66-67, GCSE Physics; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA '']
====OCR====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359837/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359837&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=3c4229e8b023b2b60768e7ea2307cc6f ''Plastic materials, pages 78, Gateway GCSE Physics, Oxford, OCR '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945695/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945695&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ceafcc80bcad6b6754ee97a0c7ceea53 ''Plastics, page 95, Gateway GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945679/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945679&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=a2db42f7b4bdf10cafaafa3bb9120940 ''Plastics, pages 23, 86, Gateway GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR '']
==Beyond the Curriculum==
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