CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemistry Simulation: Building Bridges
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about temperature and molecular motion and why they are important to consider when building a bridge.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: How Strong Is Your Bridge?
Build a bridge of straw and straight pins. Data is collected and analyzed with handhelds by the students measuring the height of the bridge vs the number of marbles (in a cup.)
Maryland Science Center
Maryland Science Center: Build a Conductivity Tester [Pdf]
Instructions on how to build an instrument that can be used to test which materials are conductors and which are insulators, in order to bridge a gap in an electrical circuit.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Truss Destruction
Students work within constraints to construct model trusses and then test them to failure as a way to evaluate the relative strength of different truss configurations and construction styles. Each student group uses Popsicle sticks and...
California Digital Library
Calishpere: Bridges
A broad selection of images featuring bridges can be found on this site by Calisphere. By clicking on individual images you'll find high quality photographs and image information.
PBS
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.
University of South Florida
Fcat: Spaghetti Bridges: Teacher Notes
Students build bridges and test their strength to collect data and write an equation. The concept of slope is explored in this activity.
PBS
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...
Other
Thales: Estructuras
Learn about structures, the types of resistant structures, the basic elements of the structure and bridges. It contains several interactive exercises.
Technovation
Technovation Families (Formerly Curiosity Machine)
Technovation provides hands-on STEM activities. Students will watch an inspiring video about suspension bridges. Studentswill create their own bridge that must support at least 15 pennies.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Cost Comparisons
Students learn about the many types of expenses associated with building a bridge. Working like engineers, they estimate the cost for materials for a bridge member of varying sizes. After making calculations, they graph their results to...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Seventh Grade Mathematics: Data Sense
This site has some interesting ways to collect and evaluate data. There are some activities about note taking, spreadsheets, surveys, and a cool bridge construction project. Teachers may want to use this site as a resource for some...
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Mqed: Forces and Forms in Large Structures
The downloadable monograph investigates forces and forms in large structures. Three teaching units are included that explore bridge engineering.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Balsa Towers
Students will build their own towers using some of the techniques they have learned. The materials will consist of balsa wood and glue. General guidelines are provided, but the students will have a lot of freedom with their design to...
PBS
Pbs Building Big: The Brooklyn Bridge
A history of the construction and some general facts on the Brooklyn Bridge are found at this website. Not incredibly detailed, but a good reference for information.
Other
Building Mighty Mac
This resource highlights the construction of the Mackinac Bridge, a famous landmark in Michigan.
Other
Building Mighty Mac
This resource highlights the construction of the Mackinac Bridge, a famous landmark in Michigan.
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Web Japan: Japan Atlas Architecture
An image and detailed description of the bridge and its construction.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Boom Construction
Student teams design their own booms (bridges) and engage in a friendly competition with other teams to test their designs. Each team strives to design a boom that is light, can hold a certain amount of weight, and is affordable to...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: The Design Process: Creating a Stronger Truss
This is an interesting project that explores which geometrical shapes make the strongest bridge truss structures. It is a good introduction to the engineering design process. You'll design three different trusses, and use online...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Feel the Stress
Working individually or in groups, students explore the concept of stress (compression) through physical experience and math. They discover why it hurts more to poke themselves with mechanical pencil lead than with an eraser. Then they...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: An Introduction to the Song Dynasty (960 1279)
The Song dynasty was the second great "medieval" period of China. Northern Song (while it lasted) and the Southern Song (from 1127 until 1279) achieved incredible feats of learning, science, art, and philosophy. International trade and...
Maps of Mexico
Virtual Picture Travel Map of New York
Click on New York and take a virtual tour of Manhattan. Visit places of interest such as Ellis Island, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building, Times Square, Rockefeller Center and the Central Park Zoo. Uses popups.
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