Wool the wonder of fabric

This set of resources provide a series of four activities based around teaching of materials, including: properties of materials, insulation, waterproofing, natural and man-made materials. Designed to make children think about the day to day issues faced by farmers, these activities include:

• Exploring the importance of wool, it’s properties and a range of woollen fabrics that make them suitable to a variety of purposes
• Learning how to use wool to felt, weave and make pom-poms
• Comparing wool to a range of over synthetic materials, taking into account the benefits of natural materials as opposed to man-made ones