Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
Ebook200 pages1 hour
Bridges and Tunnels: Investigate Feats of Engineering with 25 Projects
By Donna Latham and Jenn Vaughn
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
()
About this ebook
Bridges and tunnels are lifelines. People have tackled seemingly insurmountable obstacles, including vast canyons and mountain ranges, to design and construct these amazing passageways. Bridges and Tunnels: Investigate Feats of Engineering invites children ages 9 and up to explore the innovation and physical science behind structures our world depends on. Trivia and fun facts illustrate engineering ingenuity and achievements. Activities and projects encourage children to learn about the engineering process and to embrace trial and error.
Read more from Donna Latham
Biomes: Discover the Earth’s Ecosystems with Environmental Science Activities for Kids Garbage: Follow the Path of Your Trash with Environmental Science Activities for Kids Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsConiferous Forests Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSavannas and Grasslands Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMountains Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBackyard Biology: Discover the Life Cycles and Adaptations Outside Your Door with Hands-On Science Activities Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTundra Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRain Forests Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOceans Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGarbage: Investigate What Happens When You Throw It Out with 25 Projects Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeciduous Forests Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBackyard Biology: Investigate Habitats Outside Your Door with 25 Projects Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmazing Biome Projects: You Can Build Yourself Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCanals and Dams: Investigate Feats of Engineering with 25 Projects Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Music: Investigate the Evolution of American Sound Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeserts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Bridges and Tunnels
Related ebooks
Bridges!: With 25 Science Projects for Kids Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Golden Gate Bridge Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCanals and Dams: Investigate Feats of Engineering with 25 Projects Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Tunnels!: With 25 Science Projects for Kids Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCanals and Dams!: With 25 Science Projects for Kids Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSkyscrapers!: With 25 Science Projects for Kids Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCrazy Contraptions: Build Rube Goldberg Machines that Swoop, Spin, Stack, and Swivel: with Hands-On Engineering Activities Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmong the Forest People Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGutsy Girls Go For Science: Astronauts: With Stem Projects for Kids Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEngineering: Cool Women Who Design Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTunnels Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEngineering Feats & Failures Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsArchitecture: Cool Women Who Design Structures Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThings Fall Together: A Guide to the New Materials Revolution Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhat Makes a Building Strong? Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThink Like an Engineer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGutsy Girls Go For Science: Engineers: With Stem Projects for Kids Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrom Here to There: Designing Transportation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBuilt: The Hidden Stories Behind Our Structures Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This Bridge Will Not Be Gray Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Treasure Trove: A STEM Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Bridges of New York Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDan Cruickshank’s Bridges: Heroic Designs that Changed the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Building Landmarks - Bridges, Tunnels and Buildings - Architecture and Design | Children's Engineering Books Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGreat Minds and Finds in Europe Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsI Can Be an Awesome Inventor Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGeography: Ideas in Profile Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great Minds and Finds in South America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Things We Make: The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStonehenge 1 Decoded Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Children's Technology For You
The Day the Screens Went Blank Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior: An Unofficial Minecraft Adventure Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior: Path of the Diamond: An Unofficial Minecraft Adventure Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fallout: A Tale of Mutation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Minecraft: Masters of Minecraft - The Awakening Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Survive Without Grown-Ups Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary of Project Hail Mary: by Andy Weir - A Comprehensive Summary Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Electricity - Your Common Sense Guide Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Masterminds: Criminal Destiny Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior: From Seeds to Swords: An Unofficial Minecraft Adventure Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Quest for the Golden Apple: An Unofficial Graphic Novel for Minecrafters Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Escape from a Video Game: Mystery on the Starship Crusader Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Minecraft: Masters of Minecraft - The Invasion Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5TBH #1: TBH, This Is So Awkward Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior: Quest Mode: An Unofficial Minecraft Adventure Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior: Crafting Alliances: An Unofficial Minecraft Adventure Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Make Your Own Amazing YouTube Videos: Learn How to Film, Edit, and Upload Quality Videos to YouTube Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Escape from a Video Game: The Secret of Phantom Island Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Spectrum Science, Grade 3 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Curious George Discovers Space Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Circuitry and Electronics Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsProject Superhero Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How Do Electric Motors Work? Physics Books for Kids | Children's Physics Books Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDiary of a Minecraft Wimpy Zombie Book 1: Middle School (Unofficial Minecraft Series) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ghost Island and the Mystery of Charmander: An Unofficial Adventure for Pokémon GO Fans Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related podcast episodes
Everything you need to know about the Hyperloop, a potential transportation game-changer 0% found this document usefulThe Long History of the Chicago Portage 0% found this document useful#116 - February 2022 Part 2: The Space Exploration Show 0% found this document usefulAlmanacs and Day Planners 0% found this document usefulFive Decades of Earth Repair 0% found this document usefulCan AI reveal the Herculaneum scrolls? Plus, Venice Biennale political row, Dorothea Lange 0% found this document usefulTime-Slip Artifacts: Modern Objects in the Ancient World - Volume 1 100% found this document useful15. Re-Weaving Landscapes: Wildlife Crossings & Designing for Nature as the Client 0% found this document useful
Related articles
One of Our Greatest Inventions: The Beauty of the Brick Literary HubArticle
One of Our Greatest Inventions: The Beauty of the Brick
Feb 15, 2018
7 min readForget New Year’s Resolutions. This Art Prompts Thinking In ‘Deep Time.’ The Christian Science MonitorArticle
Forget New Year’s Resolutions. This Art Prompts Thinking In ‘Deep Time.’
Dec 31, 2018
Between daily meetings and weekly appointments, long-term thinking often falls by the wayside. These artists aim to foster appreciation for the ‘long now.’
3 min readPursuit Of Perfection The ShedArticle
Pursuit Of Perfection
Feb 15, 2019
6 min readChipped Stones To Catapults Ancient History MagazineArticle
Chipped Stones To Catapults
Aug 24, 2021
6 min readLandscape And Interconnectivity: Inviting The River In Architecture AustraliaArticle
Landscape And Interconnectivity: Inviting The River In
May 7, 2023
In November 2022, Kerstin Thompson curated a Design Speaks symposium called “A Broader Landscape” alongside Phillip Arnold.1 The curators asked how architects understand the word “landscape,” and how else they might understand it. The symposium drew
8 min readAncient Geeks Popular Mechanics South AfricaArticle
Ancient Geeks
Dec 23, 2019
3 min readThese Maps Reveal Earth’s Unspoiled Places NautilusArticle
These Maps Reveal Earth’s Unspoiled Places
Jan 30, 2020
An underreported aspect of the climate crisis is that archaeological sites, cultural landscapes, biodiversity, and distributions of flora and fauna—much of which modern people will never even know about—are disappearing at an alarming rate. I’m an ar
7 min readWhy Too Many Walkers Cause Bridges To Wobble And Sway FuturityArticle
Why Too Many Walkers Cause Bridges To Wobble And Sway
Dec 16, 2021
4 min readUnderground Movement New Zealand Woman’s WeeklyArticle
Underground Movement
Mar 4, 2024
2 min readFrom The Ground Up: Terracotta Way Markers Ceramics: Art and PerceptionArticle
From The Ground Up: Terracotta Way Markers
Nov 1, 2017
Auckland City Council (ACC - New Zealand) has run a lively programme promoting public art work for many years, and at regular intervals requests for ‘expressions of interest’ are circulated in the community. When we were alerted to a sculpture projec
10 min readTake A Stand Harper's Bazaar SingaporeArticle
Take A Stand
Jun 7, 2023
As it should be, the health of the environment is becoming an increasingly urgent concern for big fashion brands. Prada is one who has done more than most to address the issue. In recent years, the brand has changed all of its iconic nylon products t
2 min readFlipflopi ZigzagArticle
Flipflopi
Oct 28, 2019
5 min readPhilosophy Is a Public Service NautilusArticle
Philosophy Is a Public Service
Jan 2, 2020
Several years ago, I climbed Mt. Washington in Nevada to see the oldest complex life forms on Earth. Typically found at elevations higher than 3,000 meters, bristlecone pine trees can live for as long as five millennia. They do so by growing very slo
9 min readLa Brea Loops and Lenses, Los Angeles, USA DomusArticle
La Brea Loops and Lenses, Los Angeles, USA
Sep 24, 2021
4 min readArchaeology You South AfricaArticle
Archaeology
Mar 24, 2023
4 min readGreen Giant AZUREArticle
Green Giant
Mar 19, 2020
5 min read6 Pieces of Art That Open Minds—and Get Stuff Done NautilusArticle
6 Pieces of Art That Open Minds—and Get Stuff Done
Feb 4, 2015
5 min readWhy We Should Let the Pantheon Crack: Modern architects have a lot to learn from the sound engineering of the ancients. NautilusArticle
Why We Should Let the Pantheon Crack: Modern architects have a lot to learn from the sound engineering of the ancients.
May 21, 2015
John Ochsendorf wants to tear down Rome’s iconic Pantheon. He wants to pull apart its 2,000-year-old walls until its gorgeous dome collapses. Destroying it, he believes, is the best way to preserve it. But the Pantheon that Ochsendorf, a professor of
11 min readWhat Would Nature Do ? ScoopArticle
What Would Nature Do ?
Jun 5, 2019
There is probably some Velcro in your house right now: on your shoes maybe, or your bag or coat. You’ve got Swiss engineer George de Mestral (and his dog) to thank for this handy invention. In 1941 George returned from a mountain trip to find seed p
2 min read영감의 원천, 자연: 톤킨 리우111 A Source Of Inspiration, Nature: Tonkin Liu SpaceArticle
영감의 원천, 자연: 톤킨 리우111 A Source Of Inspiration, Nature: Tonkin Liu
Oct 5, 2022
12 min readFlipflopi White HorsesArticle
Flipflopi
Jun 16, 2019
6 min readPlayground Prehistory History ScotlandArticle
Playground Prehistory
Feb 8, 2020
Archaeologists often make the point that traces of our ancient past can be found anywhere, whether in our towns or the countryside, sometimes in the most unexpected of places. Yet we are usually completely unaware of the deep history, and deeper preh
6 min readFrom Paper to Plastics MiniMagArticle
From Paper to Plastics
Aug 31, 2023
2 min readSan Francisco’s Golden Gate Cobblestone American History and Current Events for Kids and ChildrenArticle
San Francisco’s Golden Gate
Jan 1, 2019
5 min readTrain Endangers Some Of Mexico's Oldest Pre-historic Sites The IndependentArticle
Train Endangers Some Of Mexico's Oldest Pre-historic Sites
Jul 19, 2022
5 min readPyramid Power! Chat It's FateArticle
Pyramid Power!
Aug 31, 2021
2 min readUrban Update DESIGNLINESArticle
Urban Update
Jan 2, 2018
2 min readCan Nuclear Power Plants Generate Artistic Inspiration? NPRArticle
Can Nuclear Power Plants Generate Artistic Inspiration?
Feb 27, 2018
3 min readHow Space Tech Benefits Earth How It WorksArticle
How Space Tech Benefits Earth
Jan 21, 2021
8 min readFrom Workshop To Wonderlab! Heritage RailwayArticle
From Workshop To Wonderlab!
Aug 1, 2023
4 min read
Reviews for Bridges and Tunnels
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
1 rating0 reviews
Book preview
Bridges and Tunnels - Donna Latham
p2^ book_preview_excerpt.html ZrdgW($%i"irv &1M TGd/9 Vʮln8܋~սk:۟W^^~sOwmZW_|Uw iU㟚dI^ڹ0+kS-PF[xյ~2jFeWS|`ʴbn,+Uv|_,_4%>{mTaz[a8`T56ƞ ?[~pzly (xg\Wr*]ex.^iˆwm tқޕ ̺҃Qʶ~u>w+-:_A7a Ǯ.i;Tjk
~DRN謁.롾`e'tQ C&L! ܯ&tU:H9<: 4x㺞D9}yf!iK>zWT '5A&$3m<w.>pc>Pa}cuFAk( sx8JeznŇʖN PQoQEi:4bbt122lہVZ)BICRQ~M^a[[Va%>vfVXb[ 9u |`_n wSޔc}
}{- n Anp'Es~{u]7Jo 倨{ QBs
v-wx3.f<l,ڹnjWY|y^bchW|Hu.@7pK8
{Oj0sd];o&0> IAi !>\WX@t;az%Kp+o̒S.\fwSj(C-S!1C!dԵx"f0QFhBs8OrC.i,2SQLmMZ KD$uzAWkg,n/B҇w 3If,n ȵ7a*>CvxOfs|1]V#o Xi|C23.z2
]7g+APز8:zQ߮s=̪ 'N"zۺ {xje15I D dc:vV$0'>kL MWC&gNsm!$~h-Bj+2.ъ$Zͬ nDu X+5ЖlQ~"AL+P[씇7HUp,Jdً³=l%5:g@CY
"I8xOc4v a#`*9 :Bs*;' qf6#H?c?Bzj57@m 眽*MG .~sM B3Yh-~m$r lgf pŰs !O l fw9$l9vG 38 4dea.ZPi4sDC# _6kqfJbi W&a
tAUd}d7̘Y ~ S p f:5y(ي# =/S6;:c jǶK,n
1b>O!2BO 8 7NHr6p
*@e =y}?cmtbS_|Q~a8-J/D!(9
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1