K-12 TLC Guide to Silk

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Making Silk, Silk Worms, Silk Industry

Silk	Apparel Search. Bug Bios. Digital Archive of Documents Related to Silk, University of Arizona. Silkroad Foundation. Unraveling Silk: Primordial Magic, Pulse of the Planet.
Silk Making Silk	North Carolina State University. Processing Silkworm Cocoons, Aurora Silk. University of Washington. WormSpit: Improved Silk Reeling. Lao Village Style Reeling. Reeling Silk.
Silk Silk Worms	Insects: K-12 TLC Guide. The Cycle of Silk Production, Mulberries: Handmade Lao Silk. How to Raise Silkworms, Aurora Silk: Eggs and Strains. Mulberry Trees. Raising Silk FAQ. Raising, Spinning and Mating Trays. Sericulum: Artificial Silkworm Diet. *Bombyx mori. Life Cycle. Mulberry. Rearing Planner. Rearing Silkworms. WormSpit: Domesticated Silkworms: Bombyx mori. Samia ricini. Wild Silkmoths: North American: Actias luna. Antheraea polyphemus. Eupackardia calleta. Hyalaphora cecropia. Rothschildia aurota. Asian: Antheraea pernyi. Antheraea yamamai. Attacus atlas. Samia cynthia*.
Silk Silk Industry	China: K-12 TLC Guide. India: K-12 TLC Guide. Department of Sericulture, Government of Tamil Nadu, India. History of the Silk Industry, National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, India. In America: Business Revolved 'Round the Mulberry Bush, The San Diego Union-Tribune. California: Silk Capitol of the World?, Nevada County, CA. Mark Twain on Silk Production in California, San Francisco Bulletin 1866. The Northampton Silk Project, Smith College: Harmonists and Their Silk Experiences. The Northampton Silk Industry. Silk in Connecticut. Sericulture, Beet Sugar, Olives, Etc, California as I Saw It: First Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900, Library of Congress. Silk Culture in America (11.25MB pdf), WormSpit. Silk Culture in California, Golden Nugget Library. Silk Production in the 17th Century, National Park Service. University of Arizona: The Natural Wealth of California. Silk Culture in California (pdf). Silk Culture in California II (pdf). Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. San Diego Museum of Art. Sericulum. Spartacus.
Silk	Grade 3: The History of Riverside, California, Lisa Bowyer, Mark Twain Elementary School, Riverside Unified School District, CA.

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This guide last edited 10/19/2006
This guide last revised 08/25/2008
This guide created 10/17/2006 on request from Lisa Bowyer, Mark Twain Elementary, Riverside Unified School District, California