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Suspension Bridges: Connecting Lives Lesson Plan

Suspension Bridges: Connecting Lives Lesson Plan

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Suspension Bridges: Connecting Lives

Young scholars explore bridges. In this bridge instructional activity, students design and build a suspension bridge after visiting related websites and reviewing famous bridges in non-fiction books. Young scholars follow the instructions from the "Build a Bridge Project" (PDF file provided).

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bridges, civil engineering

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bridge construction, bridges, building bridges, suspension bridges

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Grade

6th - 8th

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Duration

5 days

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Project-Based Learning

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