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RESOURCES |
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General Manager |
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“Bridges” Video
(22mins) School Library by Kaw Valley Films and Video, Box 3541, Shawnee, KS,
66203, 800-332-5060 |
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A look at the World’s
Spaghetti Bridge building contest plus other good links at http://www.okanagan.bc.ca/phys/spagh/overview.htm |
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Civil engineering is…http://www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/asp/general.asp?pindex=4 |
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Roman Bridge Design at
… http://myron.sjsu.edu/romeweb/ENGINEER/art2.htm |
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Famous bridges by John
Roebling at … http://www.inventionfactory.com/history/RHAbridg/ |
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Bridge History 101 at…http://library.thinkquest.org/J002223/history/history.html |
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Great pictures of famous
truss, arch, cantilever, and suspension, and cable-stayed bridges at … http://www.richmangalleries.com/bridges.htm |
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A detailed over view of
how the bridge must be built at …BBRules.htm |
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To begin building you
must apply for insurance at …InsureApp.dot |
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Your Team must also apply
for a construction permit at …ConstrApp.dot |
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Engineer |
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“Bridges” Video
(22mins) School Library by Kaw Valley Films and Video, Box 3541, Shawnee, KS,
66203, 800-332-5060 |
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Engineering is… &
really cool spaghetti bridge pictures athttp://www.jhu.edu/virtlab/ |
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Design and build bridge
trusses at http://www.jhu.edu/virtlab/bridge/truss.htm |
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Bridge History 101 at…http://library.thinkquest.org/J002223/history/history.html |
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Great pictures of famous
truss, arch, cantilever, and suspension, and cable-stayed bridges at … http://www.richmangalleries.com/bridges.htm |
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The specifics of how
the bridge must be built at …BBCode.htm |
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Accountant |
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Our school library will
have World Book, Compton’s Encylopedia, Brittanica, The New Book of Knowledge
all will offer a section on “Insurance” that tells basically what insurance
is and the different types of insurance that exist. |
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Almost too much
insurance information at … http://www.insure.com/ |
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Your team must prepare
an itemized estimate of how much the bridge will cost using the template at…Bid.dot |
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Information on how much
supplies will cost can be found at…pricelist.htm |
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The list of who to make
checks out to for the various supplies and services needed can be found at…payeelist.htm |
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The balance sheet to enter
check numbers, payings, and amount can be found at… (This site currently does not work) Book1.xlt |
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Carpenter |
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Occupational Outlook
Handbook (OOH) site for general managers and top executives at … http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos012.htm |
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OOH site for civil
engineers at … http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos030.htm
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OOH site for
accountants at … http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos001.htm |
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OOH site for carpenters
at … http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos202.htm |
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Civil engineering is…http://www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/asp/general.asp?pindex=4 |
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Different types of
civil Engineers at…http://www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/asp/general.asp?pindex=3 |
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You should use the
salaries worksheet to research a real work place salary using the template
at…Salaries.dot |
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Various Teacher Resources in addition to the ones listed above |
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A different type of
pasta bridge project at http://www.cubekc.org/architivities/pasta.htm |
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Some bridge history at…
http://www.tacomanarrowsbridge.com/ |
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The Golden Gate Bridge
at… http://www.goldengatedesign.com/goldengate.html |
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London Bridge…in
Arizona? at … http://www.roadtripamerica.com/places/havasu.htm |
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Bridges Webquest of
toothpick bridges and links to more sites dealing with trusses and terms at …
http://www.escambia.k12.fl.us/schscnts/ranm/orearwq.htm |
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Replaces terms site on
the escambia web quest above at … http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Arts/Architecture/ARC0200.html |
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Great site for truss
basics, understanding “pre-stressed”, and other links at … http://www.brantacan.co.uk/pre-stressed.htm |
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View the top 7 bridges
from 1990-1999 at…Top7.htm |
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View the insurance
certificate at…InsureCert.htm Surprise custodial
charge memo at… MarleneIncorporatedCleaning.htm
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