How do you make Polyethylene in Minecraft Education Edition

The Minecraft Education Edition provides its players with more than just fun gaming. There are tons of extra features compared to standard Minecraft that provide a real draw for players. There is math, current events, coding and chemistry, one of the newer areas explored in Minecraft Education Edition.

The Chemistry update to Minecraft Education Edition, which came in 2018, added a ton of great features to the game, including elements, compounds and more chemistry-related features.

One of those compounds, polyethylene, can be extremely useful for players (and for things in the real world) to craft and use. Here's how to make it.


Making polyethylene in Minecraft Education Edition

It should be noted that while this is an Education feature, it's not restricted to just Education Edition. Minecraft Education Edition is an entirely separate game which means that many of its features are restricted, but not the chemistry aspects.

Those are available to Bedrock players who toggle on Education features in their world. Java Edition users do not have access to this, though.

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Minecraft players can make polyethylene in the Compound Creator, a new game mechanic that functions similarly to a crafting table (though there are still crafting tables in the game). It has a similar crafting grid, and for polyethylene, the necessary elements can be placed in any order and polyethylene will be produced.

The following elements will make polyethylene:

  • 10 Carbon (denoted by the number 6 and the letter "C")
  • 20 Hydrogen (denoted by the number 1 and the letter "H")
How do you make Polyethylene in Minecraft Education Edition
Polyethylene has a difficult recipe because both elements need to be acquired in bulk. Image via Minecraft

Both of these are elements, so they're naturally occuring in the world, but acquiring them can be difficult and 10 and 20 is a lot for one element. Still, those provide the necessary building ingredients for polyethylene.

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Polyethylene is useful in tons of Minecraft crafting recipes. Polyethylene is used in all circuitry coming from integrated processors, SMD circuit components, machine hulls, batteries and other recipes.

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Players of Minecraft Education Edition can use different in-game methods to learn about real-world concepts. One of the best concepts that players can learn about in Minecraft Education Edition is chemistry.

Players will need to use Chemistry to create Polyethylene to create a very interesting item in the Glow Stick that some players call a lightsaber. Here is how players can use it:


What are the uses of Polyethylene in Minecraft Education Edition?

How do you make Polyethylene in Minecraft Education Edition

There are many different chemistry recipes that players will need to learn to craft some goodies. The recipe that uses Polyethelene is for the glow stick.

For this, players will need to have six Polyethelene, one Luminol, one Hydrogen Peroxide, and one dye of the color they choose. When combined at a Crafting Table, these items will allow players to create a glow stick.


Players will first need to create some Polyethelene

How do you make Polyethylene in Minecraft Education Edition
Players will first need to craft Polyethylene if they want to create a glowstick (Image via Minecraft)

The first thing that players will need to do is create Polyethylene. This can be done by placing down a Compound Creator and entering the following ingredients into it:

  • 10 Carbon
  • 20 Hydrogen

Once players put these two ingredients inside the compound creator, they will be granted one Polyethylene. Players should keep in mind that they will need six total Polyethylene to create a glow stick.


Next, players will need to craft some Luminol

How do you make Polyethylene in Minecraft Education Edition
For the next step in the process, players will need to craft some Luminol, luckily, they only need 1 (Image via Minecraft)

For the second step in the process, players will want to create Luminol. This also needs to be done at a compound creator. Players will need to gather the following ingredients to craft Luminol:

  • 7 Hydrogen
  • 8 Carbon
  • 3 Nitrogen
  • 2 Oxygen

Once players have arranged all of those items into the Compound Creator, they will create one Luminol. Luckily, players will only need one of these for the recipe.


Next comes Hydrogen Peroxide

How do you make Polyethylene in Minecraft Education Edition
The final compound is Hydrogen Peroxide, which players will only need 1 of (Image via Minecraft)

The final compound that players will need to create is Hydrogen Peroxide. This can be created by placing the following ingredients into the Compound Creator:

  • 2 Hydrogen
  • 2 Oxygen

Upon placing both of those ingredients into the Compound Creator, players will have the final material they need to have created in the Compound Creator. Now they will need a dye of the color they choose.


Crafting the glow stick, or lightsaber as some players call it

How do you make Polyethylene in Minecraft Education Edition
Players can place all the items they just crafted together to create the glowstick (Image via Minecraft)

Once players have all of the required items, they should head over to the nearest Crafting Table. Once there, they should arrange the ingredients in the following order:

  • Place 6 Polyethelene up and down the right and left sides of the square.
  • Place 1 Luminol in the bottom middle square.
  • Place 1 Hydrogen Peroxide in the top middle square.
  • Place 1 dye of the chosen color in the middle square.

If done correctly, the players will see the glow stick pop up in the output box. Players can then take their glowstick out and have lots of fun adventures with their new glowstick (or lightsaber).

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What can you make in education Edition Minecraft PE?

Here are the products you can create using the Lab Table in Minecraft. Underwater Torches Hardened Glass Panes and Blocks Glow Stick Balloon Combining various chlorides with a torch will change the color. Combing one of the compounds mentioned with magnesium and a stick will create sparklers.

How do you make a lightsaber in Minecraft Education Edition?

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How do you make a glow stick in Minecraft Education 2022?

Once players have their dye and compounds, they can enter the crafting menu of a crafting table and create glow sticks by placing their dye in the center slot, their Polyethylene on the left and right vertical columns' slots, Luminol in the bottom-center slot, and their Hydrogen Peroxide in the top-center slot.