Bridges and Tunnels: Investigate Feats of Engineering with 25 Projects

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Exploring the innovation and physical science behind bridges and tunnels, the activities and projects in this book encourage children to learn about the design and construction of these amazing passageways. This fun and educational reference uses hands-on projects to explain complex concepts, such as Newton's Third Law of Motion, while trivia and fun facts illustrate engineering ingenuity and achievements. The activities engage kids in the important skills involved in engineering—including designing, building, ...

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Overview

Exploring the innovation and physical science behind bridges and tunnels, the activities and projects in this book encourage children to learn about the design and construction of these amazing passageways. This fun and educational reference uses hands-on projects to explain complex concepts, such as Newton's Third Law of Motion, while trivia and fun facts illustrate engineering ingenuity and achievements. The activities engage kids in the important skills involved in engineering—including designing, building, and modeling—and teach the value of trial and error as they create several bridge models. Activities include making an egg bungee jump, a soda pop can engine, and a triangular toothpick dome, as well as experiments with liquefaction and corrosion.

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Children's Literature - Kristi Bernard
The building of bridges and tunnels is a fascinating feat for engineers. Young readers curious about how these manmade structures are constructed will learn all about them. An engineer is a person who uses science and math to build. Some of the tools engineers use to draw an idea are levels, planes, protractors and geometry. Young readers will learn all the terminology engineers use every day. Each page has a "words to know" box that explains definitions that any young reader can easily understand. The "did you know" box shares fun facts discribing how engineers use their keen insights to avoid disasters. The history of bridges and tunnels can also be found along with the stories of workers and how they survived and died building these massive projects. In the case of many bridges, readers will learn how war, wind, fire and ice have caused them to collapse. For example: the London Bridge was originally a crude Roman bridge built in 52 CE. The bridge spanned the River Thames in England for centuries, but it fell many times. Experiments are listed with detailed instructions so that readers can put what they have learned to the test. Simple structures can be made with things found at home, such as marshmallows and toothpicks. Homemade paper wheels explain how steam works. Various pages have "notable quotes" which provide inspiration from famous people. There are 25 different projects in all. The back pages list other books, sites, a glossary and an index to help readers find more information about engineering and to become better equipped with the terms used. Teachers and parents will enjoy sharing and learning with this handy tool that will inspire any math or science student. Reviewer: Kristi Bernard
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781936749515
  • Publisher: Nomad Press
  • Publication date: 5/1/2012
  • Series: Build It Yourself Series
  • Pages: 128
  • Sales rank: 341,093
  • Age range: 9 - 12 Years
  • Product dimensions: 7.80 (w) x 9.90 (h) x 0.40 (d)

Meet the Author

Donna Latham is an award-winning author and playwright. She is the author of Amazing Biome Projects You Can Build Yourself, Deciduous Forests, Deserts, Garbage, Norah Jones, Oceans, Respiration and Photosynthesis, and Tundra. She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and the Society of Midland Authors. She lives in Batavia, Illinois. Jen Vaughn received her MFA from the Center for Cartoon Studies. She is a cartoonist, a librarian at the Schulz Graphic Novel Library, a muralist at Dartmouth College, and a staff writer for the comics journalism website The Beat (www.comicsbeat.com). She lives in Vermont.

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