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The Biography of Rubber (How Did That Get Here?)

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Management number 233384590 Release Date 2026/06/27 List Price $3.43 Model Number 233384590
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This fascinating new book explores how one of the world's most important products starts out as sap from a tropical tree and ends up as tires on your family car. Find out how this sap was used in ancient times, how early rubber barons prospered in South America, how they treated their laborers, and the environmental dangers of producing both natural and synthetic rubber. Other topics include - What is a commodity? - the differences between synthetic and natural rubber - how latex is harvested and rubber is made - the "exploding" seeds of the rubber tree - uses of rubber, including tires, erasers, elastics, bouncy balls, and silly putty - stories of different inventors such as John Priestly, Charles Goodyear, Robert Thomson, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and more Teacher's guide available. Read more

ISBN10 0778725227
ISBN13 978-0778725220
Edition Illustrated
Language English
Publisher Crabtree Classics
Dimensions 8.5 x 0.25 x 11 inches
Grade level 4 - 1
Item Weight 6.4 ounces
Reading age 8 - 11 years
Print length 32 pages
Publication date October 31, 2005

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