Wood and Paper

The Ginn Science level five students’ book Wood and Paper was written for students in Year Five (Primary Six) aged 9 to 10 years, and published in 1990. It relates to the content strand Materials and their uses. With the help of full colour illustrations it gives information about the origin and uses of wood and paper. It draws attention to the importance of these materials in everyday life and at the same time warns of the danger of cutting down too many trees. It emphasises the need to recycle the products of wood. There are activities relating to the testing the properties of wood and paper.

Contents
Introduction
What is in a tree?
Making a model tree trunk - activity
Poem
Wood through the ages
Working with wood
Poem
Using wood
Designing with wood
The wonders of wood
Pencil-making step-by-step
Qualities of wood
How hard is your wood?:
• Activities to test the hardness of different woods
Does wood absorb water?:
• Activities to test the absorbency of wood
Looking after wood
Poem
Saving the forests
The rainforest
Wood made from wood
Making wood from wood:
• Activities about wood substitutes
How we use paper
Paper in the past
'The ragman's here!'
How paper is made
Looking at paper:
• Activities about the properties of paper
Recycling paper
The power of paper
Glossary and index

• URL: http://stem.org.uk/rx79b