The biography of rubber

Title:

Personal Author EPSB:

Summary:

Examines where rubber comes from and how it is processed into usable products, and describes the creation of synthetic rubber during World War One.

Other Title:

Rubber

Year Published:

2006

Series:

How did that get here?

Physical Description:

32 p. : ill.

Note:

Includes glossary and index.

20.00

Contents:

The sap of a tree -- What is rubber? -- The science of rubber -- Plantation and laboratory -- From forest to plantation -- The rubber barons -- Botanists, colonists, and thieves -- Filling a need -- Tappers and plantations -- From latex to rubber -- Recycling and reusing -- Rubber today.

Reading Grade level:

5.0.

Grade Interest level:

4.0-9.0.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader MG 7.3 1.0 103195

Subject:

Rubber.

Farm produce.

Commercial products.

ISBN:

9780778724865