* wordsmithing away needless words, mostly

not-too-hot.html

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 <h1 id="hands-on-thermoplastic">Hands-On Thermoplastic</h1>
 <h2 id="not-too-hot-to-handle">Not too HOT to handle!</h2>
+<p>Try your hand at shaping PCL!</p>
+<ul>
+<li>More flexible than polymer clay.</li>
+<li>More useful than Silly Putty.</li>
+<li>Easier than a 3D printer.</li>
+</ul>
 <hr />
 <h3 id="how-does-it-work">How does it work?</h3>
 <ul>
-<li>With just a little warmth, this material becomes putty in your hands, to be shaped as you wish.</li>
-<li>Let it cool down &amp; it becomes tough and rigid, holding its shape.</li>
+<li>With just a little warmth, this material becomes putty in your hands, to shape as you wish.</li>
+<li>Let it cool &amp; it becomes tough &amp; rigid, holding its shape.</li>
 <li>Warm it back up to try again!</li>
 </ul>
 <hr />
 <h3 id="what-is-it">What is it?</h3>
-<h4 id="polymers">Polymers</h4>
+<h4 id="a-polymer">A <strong>polymer</strong></h4>
 <ul>
 <li>Its generic name is <em>poly(caprolactone)</em>, but we just call it <strong>PCL</strong> for short.</li>
-<li>It is made out of long chains of small molecules all hooked together.
+<li>It is made of long chains of small molecules all hooked together.
 <ul>
 <li>We call this type of material a <strong>polymer</strong>.</li>
 </ul></li>
-<li>Manufactured polymers are often called by another name: <strong>Plastics.</strong></li>
+<li>Manufactured polymers are often just called <strong>plastics.</strong></li>
 </ul>
 <hr />
 <h4 id="thermoplastics">Thermoplastics</h4>
 <ul>
-<li>Plastics that can be shaped when warm but which become less flexible at cooler temperatures are called <strong>thermoplastics</strong>.</li>
-<li>It is sold under a number of different trade names.</li>
-<li>It is a close relative to thermoplastics used in a very common type of 3D printer (&quot;fused-deposition modelling&quot;).</li>
+<li>Plastics that can be shaped when warm but which become less flexible when cool are called <strong>thermoplastics</strong>.</li>
+<li>PCL is sold under a number of different trade names.</li>
+<li>PCL is a close relative to thermoplastics used in a very common type of 3D printer (<em>fused-deposition modelling</em>).</li>
 </ul>
 <hr />
 <h3 id="where-do-we-find-other-polymers">Where do we find other polymers?</h3>

not-too-hot.md

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 ## Not too HOT to handle!
 
+Try your hand at shaping PCL!
+
+  * More flexible than polymer clay.
+  * More useful than Silly Putty.
+  * Easier than a 3D printer.
+
+----
 
 ### How does it work?
 
-  * With just a little warmth, this material becomes putty in your hands, to be shaped as you wish.
-  * Let it cool down & it becomes tough and rigid, holding  its shape.
+  * With just a little warmth, this material becomes putty in your hands, to shape as you wish.
+  * Let it cool & it becomes tough & rigid, holding  its shape.
   * Warm it back up to try again!
 
 ----
 
 ### What is it?
 
-#### Polymers
+#### A **polymer**
 
   * Its generic name is *poly(caprolactone)*, but we just call it **PCL** for short.
-  * It is made out of long chains of small molecules all hooked together.
+  * It is made of long chains of small molecules all hooked together.
     * We call this type of material a **polymer**.
-  * Manufactured polymers are often called by another name: **Plastics.**
+  * Manufactured polymers are often just called **plastics.**
 
 ----
 
 #### Thermoplastics
 
-  * Plastics that can be shaped when warm but which become less flexible at cooler temperatures are called **thermoplastics**.
-  * It is sold under a number of different trade names.
-  * It is a close relative to thermoplastics used in a very common type of 3D  printer ("fused-deposition modelling").
+  * Plastics that can be shaped when warm but which become less flexible when cool are called **thermoplastics**.
+  * PCL is sold under a number of different trade names.
+  * PCL is a close relative to thermoplastics used in a very common type of 3D printer (*fused-deposition modelling*).
 
 ----
 

notes.md

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+
+# Thu Apr 12 12:00:59 EDT 2018
+
+```
+pandoc --slide-level=1 -t beamer not-too-hot.md -o not-too-hot.pdf ; pandoc not-too-hot.md -o not-too-hot.html
+```