Curated OER
Meeting in the Middle
Students view a video clip about the building of tunnels. They discover the importance of measurement and communication between groups when building a tunnel. They participate in an activity in which they must communicate with others.
Curated OER
Tunnels: Underground Marvels
Middle schoolers examine tunnels that have been constructed over time and explore the technology that is involved in constructing them. In this investigative lesson students use the Internet to research a given category and come up with...
PBS
Pbs Building Big: The Skyscraper Challenge
A site for all users interested in the engineering behind the building. Site engages users in a job that requires them to investigate troubled buildings and then figure out how to fix them.
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Wgbh: Building Big: Tunnels
A collection of resources about tunnels that includes basic facts about tunnels, challenges faced by tunnel diggers, famous tunnels from around the world, and a lab that helps you understand the kinds of forces that keep tunnels from...
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Pbs Teachers: Meeting in the Middle
Investigate how precise measurments and effective communication skills are needed when engineering and digging a tunnel.
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Bsi Education: Bridges and Tunnels
The Applied Science resource consists of practical activities that demonstrate the importance of standard procedures in scientific work. Students examine bridges and tunnels through a variety of activities.
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Spiegel Online International: Switzerland Celebrates Longest Tunnel in the World
Switzerland is the proud owner of the claim to fame of having the longest tunnel in the world now that the Gotthard Base Tunnel has broken through the final partition of rock. Article provides information on the problems encountered as...
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Pbs Building Big: The Labs
An interactive series of labs describing some basic principles of Physics. The labs demonstrate different basic concepts of physics used in building and creating large structures such as bridges, domes, skyscrapers, dams, and tunnels.
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Pbs: The Bridge Challenge
This site from PBS is for any user wanting test their engineering skills. Take a trip to Craggy Rock and help their growing community decide on four new bridges.
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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.
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Pbs Teachers: The Tunnel Challenge
Explore different types of tunnels and the forces that act upon them, then choose the design of tunnel that best fits the needs of the location.