Spaghetti Bridge Building

 

RESOURCES

 

General Manager

 

 

 

“Bridges” Video (22mins) School Library by Kaw Valley Films and Video, Box 3541, Shawnee, KS, 66203,  800-332-5060

 

 

 

A look at the World’s Spaghetti Bridge building contest plus other good links at http://www.okanagan.bc.ca/phys/spagh/overview.htm

 

 

 

Civil engineering is…http://www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/asp/general.asp?pindex=4

 

 

 

Roman Bridge Design at … http://myron.sjsu.edu/romeweb/ENGINEER/art2.htm

 

 

 

Famous bridges by John Roebling at … http://www.inventionfactory.com/history/RHAbridg/

 

 

 

Bridge History 101 at…http://library.thinkquest.org/J002223/history/history.html

 

 

 

Great pictures of famous truss, arch, cantilever, and suspension, and cable-stayed bridges at … http://www.richmangalleries.com/bridges.htm

 

 

 

A detailed over view of how the bridge must be built at …BBRules.htm

 

 

 

To begin building you must apply for insurance at …InsureApp.dot

 

 

 

Your Team must also apply for a construction permit at …ConstrApp.dot

 

 

Engineer

 

 

 

“Bridges” Video (22mins) School Library by Kaw Valley Films and Video, Box 3541, Shawnee, KS, 66203,  800-332-5060

 

 

 

Engineering is… & really cool spaghetti bridge pictures athttp://www.jhu.edu/virtlab/

 

 

 

Design and build bridge trusses at http://www.jhu.edu/virtlab/bridge/truss.htm

 

 

 

Bridge History 101 at…http://library.thinkquest.org/J002223/history/history.html

 

 

 

Great pictures of famous truss, arch, cantilever, and suspension, and cable-stayed bridges at … http://www.richmangalleries.com/bridges.htm

 

 

 

The specifics of how the bridge must be built at …BBCode.htm

 

 

Accountant

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

Almost too much insurance information at … http://www.insure.com/

 

 

 

Your team must prepare an itemized estimate of how much the bridge will cost using the template at…Bid.dot

 

 

 

Information on how much supplies will cost can be found at…pricelist.htm

 

 

 

The list of who to make checks out to for the various supplies and services needed can be found at…payeelist.htm

 

 

 

The balance sheet to enter check numbers, payings, and amount can be found at…  (This site currently does not work)  Book1.xlt

 

 

Carpenter

 

 

 

Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) site for general managers and top executives at … http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos012.htm

 

 

 

OOH site for civil engineers at … http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos030.htm

 

 

 

OOH site for accountants at … http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos001.htm

 

 

 

OOH site for carpenters at … http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos202.htm

 

 

 

Civil engineering is…http://www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/asp/general.asp?pindex=4

 

 

 

Different types of civil Engineers at…http://www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/asp/general.asp?pindex=3

 

 

 

You should use the salaries worksheet to research a real work place salary using the template at…Salaries.dot

 

 

Various Teacher Resources in addition to the ones listed above

 

 

 

A different type of pasta bridge project at http://www.cubekc.org/architivities/pasta.htm

 

 

 

Some bridge history at… http://www.tacomanarrowsbridge.com/

 

 

 

The Golden Gate Bridge at… http://www.goldengatedesign.com/goldengate.html

 

 

 

London Bridge…in Arizona? at … http://www.roadtripamerica.com/places/havasu.htm

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Replaces terms site on the escambia web quest above at … http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Arts/Architecture/ARC0200.html

 

 

 

Great site for truss basics, understanding “pre-stressed”, and other links at … http://www.brantacan.co.uk/pre-stressed.htm

 

 

 

View the top 7 bridges from 1990-1999 at…Top7.htm

 

 

 

View the insurance certificate at…InsureCert.htm

 

Surprise custodial charge memo at… MarleneIncorporatedCleaning.htm

 

 

 

 

 

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