Spencer Silver
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This scientist, who features in the 2014 Science curriculum, invented the glue for sticky notes. Learn about how chemists create new materials.
American Scientist Spencer Silver developed the glue for ‘sticky notes’ which can be repeatedly attached and peeled away from a surface. His name appears in the Notes and Guidance section accompanying the new Properties and Changes to Materials Unit in Year 5 – where it is recommended that pupils should find out about how chemists create new materials.
Silver’s work can be used to support the Programme of Study statements requiring that children should be taught to:- give reasons, based on evidence from comparative and fair tests, for the particular uses of everyday materials, including metals, wood and plastic
- explain that some changes result in the formation of new materials, and that this kind of change is not usually reversible, including changes associated with burning and the action of acid on bicarbonate of soda.
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Published 3 June 2014
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SAPPHIRE
on 28 October 2017SPENCER SILVER
IT GAVE ME ALOT OF IN FORMATION
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Mackenzie Ziegler
on 23 September 2017ok
Its just ok
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Musical.ly Queen
on 2 May 2017ok
I wanted to find out info on Spencer Silver for homework. This webpage gave me a clear explanation on what he created but that is all. Needs more information.
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Bossblitz
on 1 December 2016Bad
this was really bad information
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Sharon McDonnell
on 6 March 2016Great start!
Thank you- a great start for ideas to build on a very interesting and practical lesson!
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hannah
on 2 January 2018
ok
it didn't give me a lot of info that I needed but it gave info about what he created