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Have you ever wondered what makes electric vehicles go? Curious about the insides of a battery from an actual Tesla Model S? Join us in this workshop as we will explore how batteries are engineered for technologies such as electric vehicles, flashlights, and hearing aids. You’ll get hands-on experience with the components used in real batteries and learn about how they work together to power our world.

Polymers are fascinating materials that can be found everywhere in our daily lives. From the plastics we buy at the store to the skin on our bones, polymers come in all shapes and sizes. Due to their interesting and special properties, polymers have many applications, from flexible materials to electronic devices to complex fluids. In this short course, taught by the Stanford Polymer Collective, we'll learn about polymers through fun hands-on activities that highlight some of their most interesting and exciting properties.