Real World Bridge Building
Grade level: 5-9
Features
- Build seven 5-6 foot long replicas of real world bridges, one per bridge type, 2 at a time
- Includes 2282 pieces to support 6 - 8 students working in teams of 3 - 4
- Models include replicas of:
- Fourth of Fifth Cantilever bridge (Scotland)
- Tower Bascale bridge (London)
- Golden Gate Suspension bridge (San Francisco)
- Chesapeake Bay beam bridge (Virginia Beach)
- Columbia River - Astoria truss bridge (Oregon)
- Sydney Harbor arch bridge (Australia)
- Dames Point cable-stayed bridge (Jacksonville)
- Curriculum included offers key features and characteristics of each bridge type, background information and statistics on each, investigative activities and building challenges for each of the bridge types written to middle school national standards in science and technology
- Comes packaged in two strong plastic storage cases with built in dividers and lock on transparent lid
- Instruction book for building
- Free CD-ROM of building instructions
Key Concepts
- Define characteristics and the differences between the 7 bridge types (Why build a suspension bridge instead of and arch bridge?)
- Investigate how different bridge types hold their loads
- Evaluate the strength and stability of each bridge type through experimentation
- Determine and calculate costs involved with bridge building
- Explore the history of each of the real world bridges
- Solve various bridge design challenges based on information learned about real world bridges
k78680: $165.00
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