Plastimake

Today the year 9's had an opportunity to experiment with this component called "plastimake".  Once the plastic is heated in boiling water, it changes its colour from white to clear.  In this state, the plastic can be moulded into whatever shape you want.  The beauty of plastimake is that it can be reheated in hot water over and over again and can continue to be remoulded.  We experimented with cutting it with scissors and rolling it out on the table. We discovered that making a specific shape required patience and lots of reshaping along the way to arrive at the end product.

Softening the plastimake beads so that we can mould it