This timeline includes key bridges and events in bridge engineering, images, links, …
This timeline includes key bridges and events in bridge engineering, images, links, and project references. It provides easier access for students to a more comprehensive view of bridge history, and how it forms the base of current practice and understanding of bridge analysis and design.
Survey potential bridge sites, research bridge design, and select the right bridge …
Survey potential bridge sites, research bridge design, and select the right bridge for the right location in this interactive activity from the NOVA Web site. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
This hands-on lesson introduces students to the engineering design process. It connects …
This hands-on lesson introduces students to the engineering design process. It connects to the story The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Students will use the design process to create a bridge that will keep the Billy Goats Gruff safe and complete the Engineering Design Process Journal.
In this activity, learners build bridges using paper and explore how much …
In this activity, learners build bridges using paper and explore how much weight each bridge design can support. There is an element of surprise, which increases learners' interest in the physics, when they discover just how strong they can make this seemingly flimsy material. This lesson guide includes background information, discussion questions, demonstration ideas and extensions.
In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, learn about engineering innovations …
In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, learn about engineering innovations that could help detect a bridge's structural weaknesses before they become dangerous.
Through the innovative use of a collection of tools, Maryland has begun …
Through the innovative use of a collection of tools, Maryland has begun identifying which of its roads and bridges are vulnerable to climate-related events.
To introduce the two types of stress that materials undergo compression and …
To introduce the two types of stress that materials undergo compression and tension students examine compressive and tensile forces and learn about bridges and skyscrapers. They construct their own building structure using marshmallows and spaghetti to see which structure can hold the most weight. In an associated literacy activity, students explore the psychological concepts of stress and stress management, and complete a writing activity.
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