OtterKnow Kids Encyclopedia

Some things are made by hand, and some things are made by machines in big buildings called factories. A baker uses their hands to shape bread dough before baking it in an oven. But cars are put together by big machines and many workers in a factory. It takes lots of steps and many people working together to make the things we use every day. From the farmer who grows the cotton to the worker who sews your shirt, many hands help along the way!

• Sand can be melted down to make glass for windows and bottles!
• It takes over 30 people and hundreds of steps to make just one pair of sneakers.
• A car factory can build over 1,000 cars in a single day using giant robots and hard-working people!