Bibliograph

Oops! it's plastic!, Meta Manchester

Type

Label

Oops! it's plastic!, Meta Manchester

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Oops! it's plastic!

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1057734332

Responsibility statement

Meta Manchester

Series statement

Accidental scientific discoveries that changed the world

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, MG, 5.7, 0.5, 0.5, 504339

Summary

How many items can you think of that are made of plastic? Probably quite a few! It might be hard to imagine a world without plastic, but until about 100 years ago, plastic as we know it today didn't exist! The word "plastic" wasn't even used until the 1920s! In this volume, readers learn how many types of plastic were invented accidentally by scientists who were trying to make something else. In accessible, fun content, it describes how these discoveries were made and how they would go on to change the world in ways both big and small., --Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Plastic all around us -- What is plastic? -- Life before plastic -- Brilliant Bakelite -- Creating polyethylene -- Plastic improvements -- Plastic problems -- A world full of plastic -- Glossary

Target audience

juvenile

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