Curated OER
Asphalt Lab
Students are introduced to basic engineering principles, road construction and material science. They explore how material properties and strength can be affected. Students become Civil Engineers by both creating Asphalt cookies and by...
Curated OER
Chocolate Asphalt Cookies
Students investigate basic engineering principles, road construction and material science through a unique and fun hands-on activity.
Other
National Asphalt Pavement Association: History of Asphalt
Read about the history of asphalt beginning in the city of Babylon around 615 BCE. Learn how Europeans and Americans began to use it on roads, how businesses competed for a market share and even patented roads, changes to asphalt...
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Other
Women in Mining: Asphalt Cookies [Pdf]
This activity introduces students to the civil engineering area of paving and road construction. Includes links to additional resources, a vocabulary list, background information, and images.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Petroleum: Asphalt
Explains what asphalt is, its properties, and how it is produced.
State Library of North Carolina
N Cpedia: Roads
Roads made of several different materials have been common in North Carolina during various eras of its history, for example, corduroy roads, plank roads, Macadam roads, and clay roads. Read more about the interesting history of North...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Hydrocarbons
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the two different classes of hydrocarbons and their properties, uses and sources.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Concrete
Wikipedia provides an encyclopedia entry about concrete that features pictures, diagrams, history and other information, as well as links to related topics.
Other
Smith College Museum of Ancient Inventions: Baghdad Battery
Holy cow! A 2000-year-old wet cell battery which really works. Found just outside Baghdad, it generates 1.1 volts of electricity. Isn't life amazing?