Matching fibres to household articles
Home Science · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes
The inquiry question applied: choose cotton, wool, silk, linen, sisal, polyester, nylon or acrylic for a job because of a characteristic, not a slogan.
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- 7 sections of explanation, worked examples and diagrams
- 1 practice task with hints and worked answers
- A quiz that marks itself as you go
- Your progress kept across every subject you take
Other lessons in this sub-strand
- Textile fibres: sources and classification
- Identifying textile fibres
- Natural and man-made fibres
- Cotton: Kenya's plant clothing fibre
- Linen and sisal: two other plant fibres
- Wool: warmth from the fleece
- Silk: the silkworm filament
- Polyester: easy-care synthetic
- Nylon and acrylic
- Identifying fibres by look and feel
- The burning test, done safely
- Matching fibres to household articles