Get Caught Up Day

Today we will use the time to make sure we are current on all our work.  I will facilitate around the room to help you all individually.  All instructions for for all the assignments are listed at the bottom of the blog page.

West Point Bridge Designer Contest

 

Structures - Bridge Vocab

6 Types of bridges

Famous Bridge Report

Task: To conduct a Quick Report using Microsoft Word on a famous bridge of choice. The criteria for the report are listed below: 

What is the name of the bridge?
Must have two pictures of Famous Bridge 

What is the name of the bridge?
Must have a picture of the bridge
When and where was the bridge built?
What is the height and length of bridge?

Who was the architect(s) or who built the bridge?

What type of architecture characterizes the bridge? Is the architecture an arch, beam, suspension, cable-stayed, cantilever, or moveable design?

Who was the architect?

List of Famous Bridges:

Clifton Suspension Bridge                                 Humber Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge                                                    Golden Gate Bridge

Akashia- Kaikyo Bridge                                      Sydney Harbour Bridge

Storbaelt Bridge                                                   Le Pont De Normandie Bridge

Tsing Ma Bridge                                                    The Rialto Bridge

Forth Rail Bridge                                                   Innoshima Bridge

George Washington Bridge                              New River Gorge Bridge

Francis Scott Key Bridge                                  Ting Kau Bridge

Verrazano Narrows Bridge                               King Fahd Causeway Bridge

The Firth of Forth Bridge                                   Oakland Bay Bridge

The George P. Coleman Bridge                       Nan Pu Bridge


10 Tallest Bridges in the World

List of Longest Bridges in the World  



Click on Picture to View Sample