Exploring Materials – Objects and Materials

Most fabric we wear as clothes are made of cotton. Observe how the fine hairs which help the plant to disperse its seeds are made into the soft, comfortable fabric we are familiar with!

The paper on which we write is made from trees! This is why saving and recycling paper is important as it means cutting down fewer trees!

Rubber is made from the sap of the rubber tree, known as latex. Latex is collected in the process of rubber tapping.

The fibers silkworms produce and rely on to protect their pupae can be harvested to produce silk!

As you might already know, wool comes from the hair of sheep!

Leather is obtained from the skin of animals

Metal ores are mined from deep underground.