Addition polymerisation | Developing understanding | 14–16 years

Developing understanding is a series of resources that encourages learners to connect their thinking at the macroscopic, sub-microscopic and symbolic levels. This resource aims to develop learners’ understanding of addition polymerisation. The questions encourage learners to think at the sub-microscopic and symbolic levels about how polymers are represented and to understand that they are made from repeating units of monomers. As a result, learners should develop more secure mental models to support their thinking about this topic.