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Metal (Everyday Materials) by Andrew Langley
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Everyday Materials Ser.
This series looks at a range of materials and examines their properties, uses, and how they can be changed and reshaped. It encourages children to explore materials through a series of questions that get them thinking.
Plastic by Andrew Langley
Category: Education | Series: Everyday Materials Ser.
Plastic is made into thousands of things that we use everyday, like buttons, bike helmets and toys. But have you ever thought about how it is made? Plastic looks at the processes for making plastic, not mention its many, many uses.
Plastic Everyday Materials) by Andrew Langley
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Everyday Materials
Most plastic is made of oil. It is heated, moulded and shaped to make lots of different things. It can be hard, soft, bendy and strong, and come in many colours. From buttons and balloons to bikes and buildings, plastic has many uses.
Wood (Everyday Materials) by Andrew Langley
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Everyday Materials Ser.
Wood is a hrd material that comes from trees. The trees are chopped down and then taken to a mill where the wood is sawed into plants. Wood can be cut, bent and shaped to make a range of things from furniture and crafts to building and boats. It can be recycled too.
Wool by Andrew Langley
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Everyday Materials
The material wool comes from a sheep. The animals is sheared and then the wool is wound to make yarn. This yarn can then be made into cloth to make clothes. Wool is strong, warm and perfect for cold weather. It can also be recycled.
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