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On May 27, 1937, thousands of students celebrated the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge by vying to be first across it. Since then, more than 2 million vehicles have made the 4,200-foot trip. While several suspension bridges now are longer, none rivals San Francisco's in design elegance. This month's activity will transport your civil engineers. Watch them count every cent!
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| Activity: Paper Penny Bridge Challenge
Teams of students in grades 8 and up learn about the engineering design process and physical forces by building a bridge from a single sheet of paper and up to five paper clips that will span 20 cm and support the weight of 100 pennies. Like real engineers, teams also have limited budgets and must make trade-offs.
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RELATED LESSONS
Build a Human Suspension Bridge (Grades 4-6)
Suspension Bridge Building (Grades 5-12)
Bridge Building: Tension & Compression (Grades 6-12)
Bridge Building Curriculum from Yale (Grades 5-8)
MORE LESSONS:
Grades K-5 | Grades 6-8 | Grades 9-12
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Feature: Bridges to Literacy through Literature
Bridge-design projects can help build a love of reading along with teamwork and problem-solving skills. See if any of these notable literary works about bridges - such as Concord Hymn, Ralph Waldo Emerson's ode about the "rude bridge that arched the flood" (picture, right) where the first shots of the Revolutionary War rang out - inspire your budding civil and structural engineers!
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RELATED FEATURES:
Happy Birthday, Golden Gate Bridge!
East River Pioneer Emily Roebling
Tufts University Bridge Library
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| Spotlight: ASEE's K-12 Engineering Workshop
 Did your state adopt the Next Generation Science Standards? Looking for research-proven ways to engage your students? Whether you seek fun, hands-on activities to enrich your STEM classes or a chance to network with peers and engineering educators from across the country, the American Society for Engineering Education's K-12 Workshop in Seattle is the place to be on June 13! Sign up now!
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Announcements
TryNano. -- Nanotechnology is in products from cosmetics to medicine. TryEngineeing's new website includes lessons, games, and other resources to teach it. Learn more.
EnergyTrends.org Video Contest. Public school 6th and 7th graders create short videos about where energy comes from and how it's used. Submit by May 29. Learn more.
Report: Improving STEM Education. -- Green projects, embedded engineering, and other tips for boosting learning are the focus of AdvancED's spring issue. Learn more.
Young Minds Design Contest. -- Middle and high school students create a product to solve a problem or improve a process. Enter by May 31. Learn more.
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 It's never too early to learn about engineering. Along with our 5th Edition magazine and classroom cards, Engineering, Go For It offers an engaging children's book in its collection of learning materials.
"If I Were an Engineer," from the American Society for Engineering Education, is a fun, 40-page rhyming book that introduces engineering to kids 5 to 8 years old. It includes a parent page that explains the various engineering disciplines. Price: $7.95 Now available in our store. |
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