One Line, Seven Hundred Miles: teacher key

How Pencils Are Made, grade 5 edition, written for 5th grade. A pencil line is thinner than you think, and the black part has never been lead.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

Who mixed graphite with clay and baked it in the 1790s?
- Conté (answer)
- Staedtler
- A Greek writer
What does the word pencil come from?
- A Greek word for write
- A Latin word for a small brush (answer)
- A French word for clay
What are graphite and diamond both made of?
- Lead
- Wax
- Carbon (answer)
Why would a 2B pencil leave a darker line than a harder one?
- It has more graphite and less clay (answer)
- It has more wood
- It is yellow
What does the word slat mean in this book?
- A thin board (answer)
- A paint
- A kind of lead