History of Glass and Uses of Glass.

  Glass is a product that has been used for centuries. Early on it was associated with wealth. As time went on commercial (bottles, containers, and dishes) allowed the product to reach every household. However, with the growing use and production of plastic it is becoming less common. One thing is for sure, it has always and  will always be an Art form.

1st. Explore the following link to the Corning Museum of Glass Website. This foundation is  a " not-for-profit museum dedicated to telling the story of a single material: glass."

An Interesting Interactive about the History of glass. See if you can correctly place the piece of glass in the timeline by reading the brief caption about the glass piece.

Timeline of Glass History

Next- Uses

We are familiar with glass in our windows and on our table as dinnerware but what else is glass used for?
A very common use today may surprise you!  Your on this device a lot!
In the timeline activity above you can see glass has been used for MANY different things.

 Use a search engine and search for different glass uses. (HINT- look through other Cabell County Teacher's blogs for links and uses. You may use information from their sties as well!)

When you find a cool use for glass post it in the following Google Doc along with your supporting website.

 We will explore the uses in class.


Enrichment Tip!- Explore the Corning Museum site for additional interesting information.