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 Okanagan College’s Spaghetti Bridge building contest at http://www.okanagan.bc.ca/departments/engineeringtechnologies/spaghettibridge.html
		Civil engineering is… http://www.jhu.edu/virtlab
		Roman Bridge Design and more history at … (and also click on “index page” for site contents) http://www.technologystudent.com/struct1/roman2.htm
		Famous bridges by John Roebling at … http://www.inventionfactory.com/history/RHAbridg/
		Bridge History 101 at… http://library.thinkquest.org/J002223/
		Great pictures of famous truss, arch, cantilever, and suspension, and cable-stayed bridges at … http://www.richmangalleries.com/Bridge%20Pages/bridge%20gallery.htm
		The Bridge Encylopedia… http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/02102/
		A detailed over view of how the bridge must be built at … Bridge Building Rules
		To begin building you must apply for insurance at … Insurance Application
		Your Team must also apply for a construction permit at … Construction Permit
Engineer
		“Bridges” Video (22mins) School Library by Kaw Valley Films and Video, Box 3541, Shawnee, KS, 66203, 800-332-5060
		Build It and Bust it… http://library.thinkquest.org/11686/
		Engineering is… & really cool spaghetti bridge pictures at http://www.jhu.edu/virtlab/ Civil Engineering is … http://www.bls.gov/k12/build05.htm (this is more specific)
		Design and build bridge trusses at … http://www.jhu.edu/virtlab/bridge-designer/
		Bridge History 101 at… http://library.thinkquest.org/J002223/
		Great pictures of famous truss, arch, cantilever, and suspension, and cable-stayed bridges at … http://www.richmangalleries.com/Bridge%20Pages/bridge%20gallery.htm
		The specifics of how the bridge must be built at … Bridge Building Code
		More Bridge History at … http://library.thinkquest.org/J002223/history/history.html
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 worksheet
		Information on how much supplies will cost can be found at… Price List
		The list of who to make checks out to for the various supplies and services needed can be found at… Payee List
		The balance sheet to enter check numbers, payings, and amount can be found at… Spaghetti Bridge Checkbook (click on this doc then immediately save it as “our company name Checkbook” under your team’s file folder in Mr. G’s public folder)
Carpenter
		The Occupational Outlook Handbook site for information about Construction Managers … http://www.bls.gov/oes/2007/may/oes119021.htm (we’ll call this person the General Manager)
		Build It and Bust it… http://library.thinkquest.org/11686/
		Accountants is … http://www.bls.gov/k12/money01.htm (includes earnings)
		Carpentry is … http://www.bls.gov/k12/build01.htm (includes earnings)
		Civil Engineering is … http://www.bls.gov/k12/build05.htm (includes earnings)
		Different Types of engineers at … http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm
		You should use the salaries worksheet to research a real work place salary using the template at… Salaries Worksheet
Various Teacher Resources in addition to the ones listed above
		A Different type of pasta bridge project at … http://www.cubekc.org/architivities/pasta.html
		The Tacoma Narrows 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.golakehavasu.com/londonbridge.html
		View the top 7 bridges from 1990-1999 at … Top 10 Bridges
		View the Canyon Insurance Company’s certificate at … Insurance Certificate Custodial charge memo at… Marlene Incorporated Cleaning.htm Build It and Bust it… http://library.thinkquest.org/11686/ The Bridge Encylopedia… http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/02102/
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