Stronger than steel : spider silk DNA and the quest for better bulletproof vests, sutures, and parachute rope
Item details
- ISBN: 9780547681269 (hardback)
- ISBN: 0547681267 (hardback)
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Physical Description:
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79 pages : illustration--chiefly color ; 24 x 29 cm - Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2013.
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references, page 78, and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Spider silk : stronger than steel -- Banana spider -- Spider goat, spider goat -- Born on the Fourth of July -- Silk milk -- Potential spider silk products -- Growing silk? Experimenting with alfalfa -- Fun activity : isolate DNA from strawberries! -- Spider silk ... from silkworms? -- Silkworms : no longer wild and free -- The hunt for spider silk genes -- Different types of silk -- Dragline silk -- From bacteria to goats -- E. coli in the lab -- Transgenic organisms : ethical concerns and lifesaving possibilities -- Be a part of the discussion -- Spinning spider silk -- A new lab : Utah -- Spider ... cotton? -- All my kids -- Have you guessed what the first spider silk product will be? -- Space spiders. |
Target Audience Note: | Middle School 860 Lexile |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader 6.2 Reading Counts! 5.6 |
Awards Note: | NSTA outstanding science trade book for students K-12, 2014 |
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West Georgia Regional Library System: Bremen Public Library |
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