Paper
Wasp Video
Optics
Grade 1 students used their microscopes to examine paper from a paper wasp nest.
Wasps use wood fibers and their own saliva to create paper. A French
scientist, René Réaumur, observed wasps making paper and
learned how to make paper from wood. Most modern paper is now created
using this technique.
This video shows wasps assembling a nest.
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