Two questions about paper and bricks from Izzy and Cathal, in Sandy Cove (Ireland).

Yesterday I received two questions from Izzy and Cathal O'Regan from Sandy Cove (Ireland). My mother and I have looked on the Internet and found some very good videos that explain their questions.

How is paper made?




How are bricks made?
For this question, we discovered there are lots of different types of bricks. But we chose two interesting videos.

The first shows a brick factory in the US and the second shows three boys in Ghana hand-making cement bricks in a little machine.

Here is the factory in the US:

And here is are the boys in Ghana:


Ghana is a country in Africa. I'll show you on a map:

This is a map of Africa. I live in Spain, which you can just see peeping in at the top of the map, to the left. My grandfather (Pa) lived in Ghana when he was little, with his parents, Oma and Opa. I'll have to ask him some questions about Ghana when I see him this summer.

Thank you Izzy! Thank you Cathal! I like getting questions from friends too! Did you find any other good videos to explain your questions? Maybe you can share the links in a comment on the blog.

Bye for now,
Iain