Boston College
Boston College:20th Century Architecture: Skyscrapers 1925 1945
This skyscraper page features a large selection of thumbnail images to enlarge, with architect, title, location, date, and height.
Boston College
Boston College: 19th Century Skyscrapers
This site has many images of skyscrapers from the 19th Century made possible by steel technology.
Boston College
Digital Archive of Amer. Architecture: Tallest Buildings
This site provides a chart of the tallest buildings from the 19th century to the present. Offers links to each of the buildings that include pictures of them.
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Science Facts: Building Facts
This site includes information and facts about a wide range of famous buildings from around the world.
Technovation
Curiosity Machine: Challenges: Build an Edible Skyscraper
Can you create a bioglue that allows you to build the tallest skyscraper out of graham crackers? This website contains tips, lesson plan, a place for you to document your engineering design process.
Technovation
Curiosity Machine: Challenges: Engineer a Skyscraper for the Wind
A challenge for students to build a skyscraper that stands strong in the wind and is at least 18 inches tall. This challenge includes tips, a lesson plan, and a place for students to document their engineering design process.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Skyscrapers: Engineering Up!
Skyscrapers are one of the most glorified products of Civil Engineering and contain an interesting history of progress and development. In this lesson plan, the students will learn about the history of the world's tallest free standing...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Sullivan, Carson, Pirie, Scott Building
The Sullivan, Carson, Pirie, Scott Building in Chicago is an important example of early Chicago skyscraper architecture, and can also be seen as a fascinating indicator of the relationship between architecture and commerce. View pictures...
Rudiments of Wisdom
Rudiments of Wisdom: Skyscrapers
Learn about skyscrapers in a unique way. All of the fun-fact information is drawn in a cartoon style.
Other
New York Public Library: The Construction of the Empire State Building
A collection of photos of the showing the Empire State Building under construction.
Scientific American
Scientific American: Earthquake Proof Engineering for Skyscrapers
Students construct a shake table, then build towers of different heights using Lego blocks, and test their stability on this platform. Next, they test towers with different sized bases, and towers made using different materials.
Other
New York City Tourist: The Empire State Building
Fantastic photo tour of the Empire State Building accompanied by facts and interesting information. Peruse the pages of pictures and experience the wonder and beauty of one of New York City's famous buildings.
PBS
Pbs: Building Big Empire States Building
Quick facts about one of the world's tallest buildings.
PBS
Pbs Building Big: The Labs
An interactive series of labs describing some basic principles of Physics. The labs demonstrate different basic concepts of physics used in building and creating large structures such as bridges, domes, skyscrapers, dams, and tunnels.
9/11 Memorial & Museum
National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Buildings That Reach for the Stars [Pdf]
This lesson plan for grades K - 2 helps young scholars understand what skyscrapers are, who might live, work, and visit them, and how they are important to the life of a city.
Boston College
A Digital Archive of American Architecture
Captivating photographic archive of American architecture. Find photographs of over 280 buildings that were constructed between the 17th and 20th centuries.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: The Stress That You Apply
Students learn about contact stress and its applications in engineering. They are introduced to the concept of heavy loads, such as buildings, elephants, people and traffic, and learn how those heavy loads apply contact stress. Through...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Simple Machines From Pyramids to Skyscrapers
Simple machines are devices with few or no moving parts that make work easier, and which people have used to provide mechanical advantage for thousands of years. Students learn about the wedge, wheel and axle, lever, inclined plane,...
Other
The Skyscraper Museum: The World Trade Center
A good reference for information on the World Trade Center, this page has information about the buildings, including measurements and construction dates. This would be a good place to start researching the World Trade Center.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Newspaper Tower
Students will be challenged to design and construct a tower out of newspaper. They will have limited supplies including newspaper, tape, and scissors since engineers are often restricted by economic reasons as to how much material they...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Pyramid Building: How to Use a Wedge
Students learn how simple machines, including wedges, were used in building both ancient pyramids and present-day skyscrapers. In a hands-on activity, students test a variety of wedges on different materials (wax, soap, clay, foam)....
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PBS
Pbs: Building Big: Wonders of the World Databank: Sears [Willis] Tower
Photographs, vital statistics, and fast facts about the Sears Tower (renamed the Willis Tower in 2009).
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: The Gherkin, 30 St Mary Axe, Swiss Re Building
This is a photo of 30 St Mary Axe, which is also known as the Swiss Re Building or simply the Gherkin. This unique skyscraper is found in the main financial district of London, England. Standing 180 metres (591 ft) tall, the Gherkin...
Curated OER
Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Chicago Board of Trade Building
Skyscraper designed by Holabird & Root, housed the world's largest trading floor when built in 1930.