Do you like being tangled up? Do you do it in chains? Do you think bigger is better? So do polymers. Polymers are all around us, and they behave quite differently from small-molecule substances. We'll explore how basic principles from high school chemistry can allow us to make some sense of how polymers work, and we'll introduce some other concepts in polymer science like tacticity and glass transition. We'll also make a superabsorbent polymer using stuff you can get at CVS. If you come, we promise we won't make any more inappropriate jokes. Maybe.