Bridge Webquest Resources

Use the following links to fill out your team web quest (only ONE web quest per team)

Question 1 - What kind of engineer designs bridges?

Question 2 - Name that Bridge

Question 3 - Bridge Strength and Weaknesses

Question 4 - Forces that Act on Bridges

Question 5 - Sketch a (truss) bridge- USE A RULER!!!

                    ** NO RULER = ZERO POINTS **  http://pghbridges.com/basics.htm 

Question 6 - The 4 Factors that describe a bridge 

Question 7 - Complete the lab on bridge forces

Question 8- What is the strongest shape for a bridge

If you want to know more about bridges, check these (below) links out!

Golden Gate Bridge Photo

http://www.farexplore.com/2007/08/15/golden-gate-bridge.html

How Stuff Works

http://science.howstuffworks.com/bridge2.htm

PBS Super Bridge series

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bridge/

American Society of Civil Engineers

http://www.asce.org/asce.cfm

BUILDING BIG

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/index.html

(a coproduction of the WGBH Science Unit and Production Group, Inc., and is presented on PBS by WGBH Boston)