As a pink gooey substance oozed between her fingers, 12-year-old Sydney Fry said that making the concoction was the best part of the Fun with Chemistry camp she attended on the UW-Madison campus. “It?s fun to play with,” Sydney said about the glue-based mixture. “I?m trying to get it under control.” The white glue-based mixture – tinted red so it came out pink – was one of the activities to learn about polymers at the recent camp, which is one of the Institute for Chemical Education Summer Chemistry Camps.
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