The working properties of materials was extremely important in my bee project as I had to select a plastic which had a high water barrier, light weight, semi-rigid, and tough. In order to do this i invested the working properties of various plastics to find the one that was best suited. This was vital to the success of my project and really helped me to understand the important of working properties.
I found it helpful to also test my materials myself to see how they cope in certain conditions. For my projects as i said it was important materials had a high water barrier. I placed scarps of potential materials in a glass of water for an hour, buried them outside in the garden and stress tested them to see which material worked the best.