Fabric

Cotton

cotton comes from a plant

called cotton plant. You can

grow a cotton plant by

planting the seeds shallowly.

Then, after about 2 months,

blossoms appear. These turn

red and fall but they leave

a green pod. The plant's

fruit is called boll. Inside of

a boll there are about 20 to

40 seeds and after 55 days

the seeds open and form

the cotton plant.

Wool

Wool is a fibre

that forms a

covering for

hairy mammals

such as sheep,

camels and

goats. The wool

protects the

animal from both

cold

and hot.

Along

time ago,

humans

learned

to use

wool to

make

clothes.

Materials Fact File

by Danielle Vella

Year 5.3