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Materials
The Young Scientist Investigates topic book on Materials was first published in 1984 and gives information, illustrated by full colour photographs and drawings, about the origin and properties of materials used in everyday life. It is intended for children aged 8-11 to read and then to answer questions, make some models and investigate differences between common materials.
Contents
Materials we use
Wood
Other ways of using wood
Paper
Rubber
Fibres
Coal
Oil
Do you remember?
Things to do
Iron and steel
Some other metals
Sand, gravel and clay
Cement and concrete
Glass
Plastics
Different kinds of plastics
New things from old
Do you remember?
Things to do
Experiments to try
Glossary
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