Great Big Story
How a Somali Refugee Is Creating Community in Minnesota
Join us on a transformative journey with Huda Ibrahim, a Somali American refugee who found a unique way to build bridges in her new community.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Designing a Paper Bridge
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members make a bridge from a single piece of paper. Will it be strong enough to hold a hundred pennies? [3:41]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Investigating a Suspension Bridge
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, the cast builds a suspension bridge from a couple of chairs, some cardboard, and rope. [2:52]
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Engineering Videos: Bridge Building Video
Enjoy this bridge building video and learn some of the important differences between arch, suspension, and cable-stayed bridges. [3:05]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Tension: Lesson 2
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand the tension stage of conflict. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Tension."
Museum of Science
Ei E: To Get to the Other Side: Designing Bridges Lesson 2
Students think like civil engineers as they observe how forces affect structures by pushing and pulling and implement engineering solutions to balance forces and prevent structural failure. [15:44]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Bridge Design and Destruction! (Part 2)
This is a two-part video that introduces the different types of bridges. The bridge types will be introduced in historical order from simple (beam and arch) in the first video to more complex (truss and suspension) in the second video....
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Bridge Design and Destruction! (Part 1)
This is a two-part video that introduces the different types of bridges. The bridge types will be introduced in historical order from simple (beam and arch) in the first video to more complex (truss and suspension) in the second video....
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Time to Overhaul America's Aging Bridges?
Experts say some 8000 bridges are in dire need of repair -- but at what cost?