Agricultural Literacy Curriculum Matrix
Companion Resource
How It's Made: Cotton Yarn
In just under five minutes, this video shows how cotton is processed in modern factories. See cotton cleaned, carded, coiled, drawn, stretched, spun, and wound onto giant spools—all by machines. In 48 hours raw cotton is transformed into cotton yarn.
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Science/Discovery Channel
Lessons Associated with this Resource
- Applying Heredity Concepts
- Growing a Nation Era 1a: Seeds of Change
- Growing a Nation Era 1b: Cotton's American Journey
- Cotton's American Journey (Grades 3-5)
- Cotton's American Journey (Grades 6-8)
- Clothes on the Grow