What If Rain Boots Were Made of Paper?

What If Rain Boots
Were Made
of Paper?
by Kevin Beals and P. David Pearson
illustrated by Tim Haggerty
What If Rain Boots
Were Made
of Paper?
by Kevin Beals and P. David Pearson
illustrated by Tim Haggerty
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What If Rain Boots
Were Made of Paper?
594-0018
ISBN-10: 1-59821-492-6
ISBN-13: 978-1-59821-492-5
Guided Reading Level and Lexile Level J/490
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What if rain boots were made of paper?
Would they rip when we put them on?
Would they fall apart in the rain?
Would our feet get wet?
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Paper rain boots would be a problem. That’s why
rain boots are made of rubber.
• Rubber bends, so it’s easy to slip rain boots on
our feet.
• Rubber is strong, so it lasts a long time.
• Rubber keeps out water, so our feet stay dry.
Rubber is a great material for making rain boots.
Maybe we should make everything out of rubber!
4
What if pans were made of rubber?
Would food bounce out onto the floor?
Would the pans melt?
Would our food ever get cooked?
5
Maybe rubber pans are not such a great idea!
That’s why pans are made of metal.
• Metal is usually hard and strong.
• Metal won’t melt or burn on a stove.
• Metal cooks our food just right.
Metal is a great material for making pans. Maybe
we should make everything out of metal!
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Glossary
cloth: what clothing is made from
design: to think of a new way of making something
invent: to design something new or make something
old better
inventor: someone who designs new things or makes
old things better
material: the stuff that things are made of
metal: a strong material that can be formed into
different shapes but is usually hard and shiny
plastic: a material that people can form into different
shapes and colors, often used to make toys
property: something about a substance that you can
see, hear, smell, taste, or feel
rubber: a strong material that can bend easily
rust: to develop a rough, red coating
sugar: a sweet substance that is used
to make candy
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Program Directors:
Project Coordinator:
Senior Advisor:
Principal Editors:
Jacqueline Barber, P. David Pearson
Gina Cervetti
Elfrieda Hiebert
Ashley Chase, Nicole Parizeau
Additional members of the Designing Mixtures book development team:
Lynn Barakos
Lincoln Bergman
Steven Dunphy
Kevin Beals
Marco Antonio Bravo
Florence Stone
Credits
Illustrations:
Tim Haggerty
Designing Mixtures
Why can’t we make cars out
of stone?
Materials are the different kinds of stuff we use to make things.
When we make something, we have to decide what material to
use. This book shows what would happen if we made silly choices.
You’ll find out that some materials are good for making some
things, but not so good for making other things.
About the Authors
Kevin Beals loves to come up with new ideas. He likes to
design games, songs, science tests, and things for his house.
P. David Pearson usually writes books for teachers on
how to teach reading. He says writing science books for kids
is more fun.
Developed at Lawrence Hall of Science and the
Graduate School of Education at the University
of California at Berkeley
Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading ®
is a collaboration of a science team led by
Jacqueline Barber and a literacy team led by
P. David Pearson and Gina Cervetti.
www.scienceandliteracy.org
594-0018
What If Rain Boots Were Made of Paper?
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