Our Dream Bikes

This term so far we have been learning how to use similes. These are some of the Dream Bikes that people in our class have created. You can click on the bike to read the amazing similes they have used to describe their bikes.

Alice's outfit for summer

We used a game called Which Fabric? This is Alice's outfit for summer. She chose the best clothing for summer. The sun hat she chose was a cotton hat because it keeps you cool and keeps you covered. Her cotton polo shirt keeps her cool and her skirt is linen that keeps you cool in the heat. Lastly, the shoes she chose were canvas because they breathe.

Some Things we have Learned About Fabrics

• Polyester might have been around since 1934
• Spiders' webs are made from spiders' silk, but silk fabric is made from silkworms' silk. Silk isn't made in Africa
• Nylon was probably first made in 1913 (February 28th) by Dr Wallis H. Carothers
  
• Huge machines are used to pull the cotton into a tray which filters out the leaves and twigs before it is made into thread.
  

Fabric questions

We are starting to find out about fabrics and fibres. Some of the questions we're finding answers to are:

• When did people first start knitting?
• Do fabrics cause pollution?
• Is polyester a new or old fabric? Where does it come from?
• How is coal and oil used to make fabric?
• How does cotton ‘fluff’ become thread? How does it become fabric?
• Is leather a fabric? How long has leather been around for?
• Where are some fabrics made?
• What was the first fabric made?
• What are the names of fabrics?
• Who was the first to make nylon? When? How?
• How does fabric keep you warm?
• What can fabrics be made into?
• How do people make alpaca?
• What’s the best fabric to keep water out? To keep you warm?