Grade: 9th grade Math.
Number of students: 15
Length of lesson: 2 hrs. per activity.
Objective
Before students visit the site, students will familiarize themselves with the history and different styles of bridges in the New York city area.
Development
They will also gain a clearer understanding of architecture, engineering, questions as they research in cooperative learning about different topics concerning bridges.
Activities
Students will find the answers of the architectural and engineering questions as follows:
1. What is a bridge.
2. What are the different styles of bridges?
3. Why do we build bridges?
4. What are the specific materials used in the construction of bridges?
5. What is the meaning of the following terms?
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beams
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columns
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compression
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joints
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loads
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stone
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arches
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span
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structures
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tension
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walls
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triangular structural systems
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Vocabulary
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• columns
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• compression
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• joints
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• load
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• span
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• structures
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• tension
Follow up activity
Visit to The Brooklyn Bridge.