glass

"It's time for bed, and you plop down on your pillow. But would you plop down on your pillow if it was made from glass? Glass is all around you. It's used to make the windows in your house to decorations on your shelves. Find out about different types of glass, how glass is made, and decide if it's really possible to make a pillow from it"--Provided by publisher.

Text and color illustrations explore how glass use can be reduced, and how it can be reused and recycled. Includes audio, videos, activities, weblinks, slideshows, transparencies, maps, quizzes, and supplementary resources.

Readers will learn about the basic properties of several types of materials, from wood to plastic.

Did you know that glass is made from sand? The sand is heated to a high temperature to turn it into a liquid. Discover more interesting facts about this material.

Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe the history of glass and how important it has become.

Presents a study of how glass is recycled and how recycling conserves the nation's natural resources and provides information on products made from recycled glass and government regulations.

Learn how people can use glass wisely. This book is for children ages 5 to 7. Each title in the Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle series helps young readers understand the importance and responsibility of making less waste.

In the discovery room at the science museum, Taina and Mark learn about prisms and lenses.

"In sixteenth-century Venice, Daniela is so gloomy and and glum that her father offers a magnificent glass palace to whoever can make her smile"--Back cover.