{"id":1707,"date":"2024-11-01T05:49:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T12:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=1707"},"modified":"2024-10-31T15:30:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T22:30:34","slug":"bounce-a-scientific-history-of-rubber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/bounce-a-scientific-history-of-rubber\/","title":{"rendered":"Bounce!: A Scientific History of Rubber"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bounce!: A Scientific History of Rubber<\/em>
\nby Sarah Albee (Author) and Eileen Ryan Ewen (Illustrator)
\n@ Amazon<\/a> | Bookshop<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Elementary school readers will discover that early balls didn’t bounce; that people in the rainforest made waterproof gear from rubber thousands of years before Europeans got into the act; and that sneakers, bicycles, and cars created demand for more and more rubber! Back matter includes a time line and the complicated implications of harvesting rubber today.<\/em><\/p>\n

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It’s STEM Friday! (STEM<\/strong> is S<\/strong>cience, T<\/strong>echnology, E<\/strong>ngineering, and M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2024 Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved. (*bookstore affiliate<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bounce!: A Scientific History of Rubber by Sarah Albee (Author) and Eileen Ryan Ewen (Illustrator) @ Amazon | Bookshop Booktalk: Elementary school readers will discover that early balls didn’t bounce; that people in the rainforest made waterproof gear from rubber thousands of years before Europeans got into the act; and that sneakers, bicycles, and cars … <\/p>\n

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