From gecko feet to... adhesive tape (21st Century Skills Innovation Library: Innovations from Nature) by Mara, Wil

From gecko feet to... adhesive tape (21st Century Skills Innovation Library: Innovations from Nature)
by Mara, Wil

(#0511JM3)

Paperback Cherry Lake Publishing, 2014

Price: USD 10.05

Description: 32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 25 cm.
Dewey: 668; Audience: Middle School; Reading Level: 5.8

Product Overview
From Follett

Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.;A sticky situation -- The missing link -- The bigger picture -- Today and tomorrow -- Minds at work. Explains that technological innovations often are inspired by nature, and describes how scientists are experimenting with the development of adhesive materials based on the gecko's feet.

From the Publisher
Learn about how nature has inspired technological innovations with this book on the similarities between gecko feet and a new adhesive tape. Integrating both historical and scientific perspectives, this book explains how gecko feet inspired the invention of an adhesive. Readers will make connections and examine the relationship between the two concepts. Sidebars, photographs, a glossary, and a concluding chapter on important people in the field add detail and depth to this informational text on biomimicry.
Product Details
  • Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing
  • Publication Date: January 1, 2014
  • Format: Paperback
  • Series: 21st century skills innovation library. Innovations from nature
  • Dewey: 668
  • Classifications: Nonfiction
  • Description: 32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
  • ISBN-10: 1-62431-758-8
  • ISBN-13: 978-1-62431-758-3
  • LCCN: 2013-030375
  • Follett Number: 0511JM3
  • Reading Level: 5.8
  • Audience: Middle School