How+Silk+Is+Made

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1. View these YouTube videos about how silk is made. 2. Research some facts beyond our classroom textbook from the web using sites such as wikipedia or regular Google searches. 3. Fill in the table below with your names, 3 facts you've learned, & 2 questions you still have. 4. Be sure all group members are working together! 5. Feel free to view China's geography from GoogleEarth

jezrael || Silk is made out of Silkworm's cocoons. || Why are silkworm's cocooons made of silk? || Because silk is from silk worms, it's the only way silk is made. Silk is from the worms. || In ancient times only women made the silk. The Chinese were the first to make silk. || Where did they get the Silkworm's cocoons?How fast do the silkworms and produce their cocoons? || Silkworm cocoons live on Mullberry Trees so their cocoons are placed on them. ||
 * < Period || Names || 3 Facts You've learned || 2 Wondering Questions || Answers to ? ||
 * < 1 || Drake Ricky
 * < 2 || Isaiah,Brenan,Shaylee || Silk is made from the cocoons of Silkworms.
 * < 3 || Roe ,Tyler ,Blake || 1 raise silk worms harvest cocoons.2 thread extraction.3dyeing.4spinning.5weaving.6ikat (binding). || do they keep the silkworms inside or out. || they keep them both inside and out. ||
 * < 4 || Ely,Taylor,Kenny || They are larva that are in the silk.Then they either stretch it or the machine pulls it off. They make the silk by hand.Silk worms are a type of Catapiller. || How do they get the larva? Is it the big worm or larva that makes the silk? ||  ||