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The Bridge Challenge

The Bridge Challenge

In this interactive activity from the Building Big Web site, use your knowledge of bridge design to match the right bridge to the right location in a fictitious city.

3-12

Interactive

Build a Bridge

Build a Bridge

Survey potential bridge sites, research bridge design, and select the right bridge for the right location in this interactive activity from the NOVA Web site.

6-12

Interactive

Careers in Engineering Technologies

Careers in Engineering Technologies

This interactive activity produced for Teachers’ Domain explores various career paths in engineering technologies. OER Level

6-12

Interactive

Construct an Aqueduct

Construct an Aqueduct

Think like an engineer and build an aqueduct in this interactive activity from the NOVA Web site.

3-12

Interactive

The Dam Challenge

The Dam Challenge

In this interactive activity from the Building Big Web site, investigate dams in distress and decide if they should be repaired, removed, or left alone.

3-12

Interactive

Design: Building a House

Design: Building a House

This collection of images follows the process of building a house from cutting the trees and making the bricks to finishing construction. OER Level

K-8

Interactive

The Dome Challenge

The Dome Challenge

In this interactive activity from the Building Big Web site, think like an engineer and use your knowledge of dome design to match the right type of dome to the right location in a fictitious city.

3-12

Interactive

Engineering Career Options

Engineering Career Options

It's a profession that can take you from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of outer space, from within the microscopic structures of the human cell to the top of the tallest skyscrapers. In this stills collage adapted from The American Society for Engineering Education, learn about some of the most popular engineering fields.

3-12

Interactive

Forces Lab

Forces Lab

In this interactive activity from the Building Big Web site, select one of the actions of squeezing, stretching, bending, sliding, or twisting to explore the forces of compression, tension, shear, and torsion.

3-8

Interactive

Lever an Obelisk

Lever an Obelisk

Investigate the mechanical advantage of the lever in this interactive activity from the NOVA Web site.

6-12

Interactive

Loads Lab

Loads Lab

This interactive activity from the Building Big Web site examines different types of loads and how structures might be reinforced to withstand them.

3-8

Interactive

Materials Lab

Materials Lab

This interactive activity from the Building Big Web site explores the properties of different types of building materials.

3-12

Interactive

New Ways to Catch Rays

New Ways to Catch Rays

This interactive resource adapted from NOVA Online explores eight of the latest technological developments designed to harness the energy of the Sun. OER Level

9-12

Interactive

Rate Tornado Damage

Rate Tornado Damage

In this interactive activity from NOVA Online, use the Fujita tornado intensity scale to assess the level of destruction left in the wake of actual tornadoes.

3-12

Interactive

Reroofing Your Uncle's House

Reroofing Your Uncle's House

This interactive activity adapted from the Wisconsin Online Resource Center challenges you to plan, measure, and calculate the correct amount of roofing material needed to reroof a house. OER Level

9-12

Interactive

Shapes Lab

Shapes Lab

This interactive activity from the Building Big Web site compares the strengths of the rectangle, triangle, and arch.

3-8

Interactive

The Skyscraper Challenge

The Skyscraper Challenge

In this interactive activity from the Building Big Web site, investigate hypothetical structural emergencies and figure out how to repair them.

3-12

Interactive

Three Mile Island: What Happened

Three Mile Island: What Happened

This interactive activity from the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Web site looks at the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history.

6-12

Interactive

Triangles and Arches in Architecture

Triangles and Arches in Architecture

This collection of still images features two of the most important shapes in architecture: the triangle and the arch. OER Level

K-8

Interactive

The Tunnel Challenge

The Tunnel Challenge

This interactive activity, from the Building Big Web site, explores tunneling and the tools and methods used to do the job.

3-12

Interactive

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