• Question: what is your favourite materiel to build with and why

    Asked by cRz killer x to James, Elizabeth, Martin, Martin, Rob on 11 Mar 2015. This question was also asked by Bailey, I like Grapes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, Bethy Boo.
    • Photo: James Coombs OBrien

      James Coombs OBrien answered on 11 Mar 2015:


      I love using a material called cellulose.

      It is completely natural and exists in every plant on earth. Plants use cellulose for support, it kind of acts like a skeleton for the plant, and I take it from plant waste and use it to make new plastics. It’s a really cool material but it is my favourite because it is incredibly slimy and really fun to touch!

      But apart from that, another amazing material is “self cleaning glass” which does exactly what the name suggests! It uses light to break down the dirt that covers its which is then washed away by water – amazing!

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      Elizabeth Cooper answered on 13 Mar 2015:


      My favourite material to nake things with is paper mache. I dont know if you still make things with this in school but I used to love making things with this! You should ask your teacher if you can make things with paper mache! I love it because it is messy but fun!

    • Photo: Robert Woolfson

      Robert Woolfson answered on 16 Mar 2015:


      I’m actually a huge fan of Lego. The idea behind building things with Lego and building molecules is actually pretty similar, but the rules about what you can do with molecules are a lot more complicated.

      I used to have this remote controlled lego car as a kid, and I’d spend hours creating the most complicated things I could on top of it. When I got bored, I’d drive it into a wall at top speed to destroy everything and start again.

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