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Clothes and Costume

Science in a Topic students’ book Clothes and Costume includes activities relating to the properties of different materials, how they can be tested and how they can be changed. Students work with a range of materials, including fabrics, leather and minerals and metals used in making jewellery. Instructions for students are clear and well illustrated by drawings and photographs. The teacher has an active role, as indicated in the relevant sections of Teacher’s Guide, in providing materials and reinforcing the questions that lead the students to investigate, create and find information. [b]Contents[/b] 1. Looking at clothes 2. The raw materials 3. Fibres threads and fabrics 4. Keeping warm and dry 5. Who needs special clothing? 6. Footwear 37 7 .Clothing and electricity 8. Cleaning and caring 9. Dyes and dyeing 10. Cloth claims - 11. Clothes can be more than a covering Flow diagram Models

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