Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Can You Catch the Water?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students construct a three-dimensional model of a water catchment basin using everyday objects to create hills, mountains, valleys and water sources. They experiment to see where rain travels and collects, and survey water pathways to...
Handout
Careers New Zealand

Careers Nz: Surveyor

For Students 9th - 10th
This KiwiCareers site contains information on becoming a surveyor in New Zealand. While some of the information is specific to New Zealand, most of it is uniform to the career.
Handout
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum

Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum: Building of the Iron Road

For Students 9th - 10th
From an article by B.P. Avery printed in the May, 1869, issue of "Overland Monthly" is this description of the building of the transcontinental railroad including information about the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific...