Super Absorbent Polymer

Super absorbent crystals are sold at lawn and garden centers under many different trade names including HydroSource or SoilMoist. Just ask for help in finding water-absorbing polymer crystals.

Super absorbent polymers are rapidly becoming one of the most exciting environmental education topics in classrooms worldwide. Today, super absorbent polymers are widely used in such applications as forestry, gardening, and landscaping as a means of conserving water. Imagine using a substance that could store water in the soil and then release it, as the plants roots need it? Indeed, the super absorbent polymer in this package is able to reduce the amount of time that is spent watering a lawn, a garden, or even a house plant by 50 to 80 percent! While we may consider water-absorbing polymers to be a modern convenience, imagine the impact that such technology is having on parts of the world that are plagued by drought.

Super absorbent polymer has hundreds of uses, is environmentally safe to use, and is one of the few fields of study where school age children are actually able to engage in scientific inquiry and make genuine contributions to science