i.lab Materials

How many different materials are there in the objects which surround us and what are their characteristics? Let’s try to understand their chemical and physical properties, let’s experiment their hot and cold processing. Paper and cardboard, clay and pottery, metals and alloys, plastics, rubber and other polymeric materials offer a global view of the world of materials from which the things that make up our daily life are made.

ACTIVITIES

• Recyclable paper
• Clay and baked clay
• Inside paper
• Polymeric materials
• The nature of metals
• Plastics
• Let’s make a sheet of paper
• Handling clay