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Suspension Bridges: Connecting Lives Lesson Plan

Suspension Bridges: Connecting Lives Lesson Plan

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Suspension Bridges: Connecting Lives

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Students explore bridges. In this bridge lesson, students design and build a suspension bridge after visiting related websites and reviewing famous bridges in non-fiction books. Students 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, math

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6th - 8th

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For Teacher Use

Duration

5 days

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Project-Based Learning

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