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Read the blog. What's the most important material? Why?

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ALL BLOGS MY BLOG NEW POST
Kid's Box Materials can be man-made or natural.
We make man-made materials in factories.
Reports We get natural materials from rocks in the

ground, animals or plants. Here are some
interesting things made of different materials.
Materials

Most houses are Card and paper come from trees.
made of bricks, Card is stronger than paper. This
stone or wood, but tower is made of thin card and
Edouard Arsenault the bridge is made of paper.
used 12,000 glass
bottles to build this
amazing house.

Gold and silver are precious metals. This
car is made of 80 kilograms of gold and SHAMPOO
15 kilograms of silver. The tyres aren't
made of metal, but you have to drive it
very carefully!
Lots of things are
made of plastic.
Most animals have fur, Today we use
but sheep have wool. plastic more than
We use wool to make any other material
fabric for clothes. in the world. We
We can also make must recycle plastic.
things at home from 'Recycle' means
wool. Look at these use it again in a
beautiful cushions. different form. This
The covers are made bottle of shampoo
of wool. is made of recycled
plastic.

Read again and answer.
1 Where do we make man-made materials? 5 Where do card and paper come from?
2 What are most houses made of? 6 Where does wool come from?
3 How many glass bottles did Arsenault use 7 What are the cushion covers made of?
to build his house? 8 What does 'recycle' mean?
4 How much gold is in the car?

Choose five materials. Tell your partner about things made of My book is made
these materials. of paper and card.

48 Vocabulary: materials