Introduction

Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)

Knowledge/Skill:  The student uses scientific methods during field investigation and demonstrates the effects of forces on the motion of objects.

Research Question:  What is the best design that will build the strongest but lightest bridge?

Keywords and Dewey Numbers

Keywords:  bridges, tunnels, architecture, engineering

Dewey Numbers to search the shelves: 620s for engineering, 624 for bridges and structional analysis, 624.1 for structural engineering, 725 for bridges, and 745.4 for design

Online Databases

Use PowerSearch Online Databases to search for other information about bridge construction. 

Websites

• Spotter's Guide to Bridges - Because of the wide range of structural possibilities, this Spotter's Guide shows only the most common fixed (non-movable) bridge types.

• Bridge Designer- Design and test your bridge here.
  

• Association for Bridge Construction and Design
  

• NOVA Bridge Resources

• NOVA Build a Bridge

• Geometry of Bridge Construction

• Balsa Wood Bridges

• Bridge Building - Extensive list of links for bridges.

• How Bridges Work

Ms. Jones Power Point Assignment

• Bridge Power Point Presentation
• Balsa Bridge Rules

Citing Sources

• Citing Sources (Duke Libraries)

• MLA Citation Style (Long Island University)

• Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources by Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger