Stronger Than Steel: Spider Silk DNA and the Quest for Better Bulletproof Vests, Sutures, and Parachute Rope
by Bridget Heos and Andy Comins • Part of the Scientists in the Field Series
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- Grade
- 3-8
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2013
Word Count 18,175
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 860L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 156751, 3 AR Points
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Insects, Spiders, etc.
- Spider webs
- Spider webs--Juvenile literature
- Nephila maculata--Juvenile literature
- Therapeutic use
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Science
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Biology
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Inventions
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / Inventions
- Nephila maculata
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / Insects, Spid
- Scientists
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Mammals
- Scientists--Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / Insects, Spiders, etc.
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Health & Daily Living / Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Biol
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Flowers & Plants
- Spider webs--Therapeutic use--Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Health & Daily Living /
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Biology
- Lists With This Book
- Bugs, Birds, and Animals
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
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