Science Museum, London
Science Museum: Spaghetti Challenge
In this race against the clock, students learn the importance of good design technique and distribution of mass as they work in teams to build the highest tower possible out of dried spaghetti and marshmallows.
Other
The Crystal Cathedral
A mix of commercial and historical facts regarding the cathedral. Includes interior and exterior images.
Other
Asian Historical Architecture
Take a photographic tour of the architecture found within 18 different countries in Asia. Has a great interactive map to follow.
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Web Japan: Japan Atlas Architecture
An image and detailed description of the bridge and its construction.
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: The City (La Ciudad): Listening: Dialogs
Wonderful, extensive site for Spanish-speaking ELL. In this section, students listen to a couple of short audio clip dialogs in English and then answer interactive comprehension questions. Several activities provided - instructions in...
Tech4Learning
Pics4 Learning: Images for Education: Houses
A large photo collection of various homes from around the world. Click on an image to enlarge it and read a brief description.
Other
Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservatory
Site offers interior views and descriptions of the Falling Water house.
George Eastman Museum
George Eastman House: Shapes and Shelters Discovery Kits
Find a classroom-ready annotated slideshow and lesson plans designed to introduce students to fundamental architectural concepts and to improve their skills in recognizing the structural components of architecture. Slideshow uses...
Other
Nbi National Bridge Inventory Database Search Form
NBI National Bridge Inventory Database search form from Nationalbridges.com allows one to enter the information related to a specific rail line in order to acquire related bridge information.
Curated OER
New York City, Ny: Chrysler Building
Site offers four b/w images of the Chrysler Building with brief descriptions of the detailing.
Rudiments of Wisdom
Rudiments of Wisdom: Domes
Learn about domes in a unique way. All of the fun-fact information is drawn in a cartoon style.
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Science Facts: Building Facts
This site includes information and facts about a wide range of famous buildings from around the world.
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Engineering Facts: Tunnel Facts
Learn more about the Lincoln Tunnel, Channel Tunnel, and Cu Chi Tunnels on this website. This site exploring facts about tunnels.
PBS
Pbs: The Dome Challenge
This site from PBS is a great web site for anyone interested in using some engineering skills. Travel to sizzling hot Char County and help the residents decide on three new domes.
archKIDecture
Arch Ki Decture: Alcove, Defined and Illustrated
The "Word of the Week" from ArchKIDecture, a teacher-created site that encourages awareness of human-built environments, defines and illustrates the term "alcove."
English Club
English Club: Esl Games: Matching Games: General Knowledge 8: Famous Buildings
Play a memory match game by matching six different famous buildings with the countries in which they are located.
Careers New Zealand
Careers Nz: Building Inspectors
This site gives and overview of the Building Inspector career field. While some of the information is specific to New Zealand, most of it is uniform to the career.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Strongest Shape Experiment
Observe the structural strength of different three-dimensional shapes made from paper by piling books on top of each shape.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Super Golf Tower Experiment
Explore engineering concepts by building a tower out of newspaper and tape as tall as possible, but so the tower will still support a golf ball at the top.
Tech4Learning
Pics4 Learning: Buildings
Pics4Learning publishes a searchable photo collection of various types of buildings from around the world.
Other
Geodesic Domes (2)
This website explains all about geodesic domes, who invented them and the mathematics of their construction.