Changing shape / Chris Oxlade.
Title:
Changing shape / Chris Oxlade.
Author:
Oxlade, Chris.
ISBN:
9781432932718
9781432932763
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Chicago, Ill. : Heinemann Library, c2009.
Publication Date:
2009
Physical Description:
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Contents:
About materials -- Changing materials -- Stretching -- Flattening -- Bending and twisting -- Investigating changing shapes -- Comparing materials -- Soft and hard materials -- Flexible materials -- Rigid and brittle materials -- Going back to shape -- Solids, liquids, and gases -- Which material?
Summary:
"Learn about the different ways we can change a material by stretching, squeezing, bending, and twisting it. Find out why it is easier to change the shape of some materials than others, and explore why some materials keep a new shape and others change back."--P. [4] of cover.
Lexile Measure:
580
Reading Level:
IG580L Lexile
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