Rubber

Rubber is an amazing material!

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You can squash it, bend it, stretch
bounce
it, twist it and bounce it. But
latex
where does it come from? Believe
rubber
it or not, rubber comes from trees!

The white liquid from rubber

trees was used to make shoes.

Rubber was first discovered

hundreds of years ago by
people living in Central
and South America. They
collected the white liquid
The white liquid collected from
that oozed from the rubber rubber trees is called latex.
trees and smeared it onto
their feet to make shoes.

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Did you know?

Rubber trees are difficult to find, so scientists
have developed a way to make rubber in their
laboratories. We use the same method as scientists to
create everyday things from rubber.

Rubber safety tiles are Rubber is used to make

used in playgrounds. tyres for cars.

Rubber is still used today

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to make thousands of
things can
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you think of?