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Bridges and Tunnels: Investigate Feats of Engineering with 25 Projects (Build It Yourself) Paperback – May 12, 2012

by Donna Latham (Author), Jenn Vaughn (Illustrator)
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Bridges and tunnels are lifelines
People have tackled seemingly insurmountable obstacles, including vast canyons and mountain ranges, to design and construct these amazing passageways. Bridges and Tunnels: Investigate Feats of Engineering invites children ages 9 and up to explore the innovation and physical science behind structures our world depends on.

Trivia and fun facts illustrate engineering ingenuity and achievements. Activities and projects encourage children to learn about the engineering process and to embrace trial and error. Children will engage in a hands-on exploration of Newton’s Third Law of Motion and of forces that push and pull on structures. They'll make an egg bungee jump and a soda pop can engine. They'll experiment with a triangular toothpick dome, liquefaction, and corrosion. In Bridges and Tunnels: Investigate Feats of Engineering, children will explore their own engineering and building skills as they create several bridge models.

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  1. Reading age
    9 - 12 years
  2. Print length
    128 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    3 - 7
  5. Lexile measure
    870
  6. Dimensions
    8 x 0.5 x 9.8 inches
  7. Publisher
    Nomad Press
  8. Publication date
    May 12, 2012
  9. ISBN-10
    1936749513
  10. ISBN-13
    978-1936749515
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". . .This book would be a wonderful addition to a physics curriculum, for unit studies, or delight-directed learning. It would also be a fun enrichment book for a co-op or small homeschool group. If you want to explore famous bridges and tunnels, engineering, science, physics, and history, Bridges and Tunnels: Investigate Feats of Engineering is a great resource."

National Science Teachers Association Recommends]
"This book is a treasure trove of information, experiments, and building challenges, and is an excellent, exciting, and easy way to incorporate STEM education into your classroom, science fair, or after school engineering club."

Erin Slayton, K–12 Outreach Chair, American Society of Civil Engineers
“Bridges and Tunnels provides an interesting overview of the world of Civil Engineering from the perspective of these two fascinating types of structures. Kids will find the activities in the book challenging and engaging, all the while reinforcing the learning objectives. Civil Engineering is an exciting profession, and Bridges and Tunnels presents it to kids in a way that is fun and approachable.”

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Bridges and tunnels are lifelines. People have tackled seemingly insurmountable obstacles, including vast canyons and mountain ranges, to design and construct these amazing passageways. Bridges and Tunnels: Investigate Feats of Engineering invites children ages 9 and up to explore the innovation and physical science behind structures our world depends on. Trivia and fun facts illustrate engineering ingenuity and achievements. Activities and projects encourage children to learn about the engineering process and to embrace trial and error. Bridges and Tunnels meets common core state standards in language arts for reading informational text and literary nonfiction, and is aligned with Next Generation Science Standards. Guided Reading Levels and Lexile measurements indicate grade level and text complexity.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Nomad Press (May 12, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1936749513
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1936749515
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9 - 12 years
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 870
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 7
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 0.5 x 9.8 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 107 ratings

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Donna Latham

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Donna Latham is an award-winning author and playwright. She's made up stuff, acted it out, and written it down forever.

Bridges and Tunnels received a Gold Medal from Moonbeam Children's Book Awards and was recommended by the National Science Teachers Association.

Garbage received the Society of Midland Author's Children's Nonfiction Award, Skipping Stones Honor Award in Ecology and Nature, and was recommended by the National Science Teachers Association. It was a Cybils Award Nominee in MG/YA Nonfiction and was included on the Tinlids Best Fall 2011 list.

Fire Dogs was awarded the ASPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book Award.

Donna's numerous plays for adults and young audiences have been produced coast to coast. And We Will Share the Sky was the winner of the Theatre for Young Audiences national playwriting contest. Learn more at www.donnalatham.com.

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3 & 4 Teacher
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book to inspire young students to become Engineers!
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2023
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The book is easy to read and has helpful vocabulary boxes.
It has great experiments to try.
The only thing that I am unhappy about is that it is all black and white. It would have been much nicer to have colored pictures/photos/artwork/illustrations.
Over-all good purchase.
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Rajeev Ranjan
5.0 out of 5 stars Bought it for my 8 years old son. He ...
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2015
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Bought it for my 8 years old son. He just loves it. I too learn a lot of things that I should have learnt when I was a kid :).
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Good possibly projects for an educator. I don't think though tat the connection is always close enough between the narrative get and the points provided.
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Tammy M. Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Going to use this to teach a homeschool class on engineering.
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2014
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This is one interesting, fun, and applicable book. I'm creating a one day class at my library using this book. I'm no engineer, but it's explanations and applications are wonderful!
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Tara Aycock
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book’
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Great teaching book for learning about bridges!
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Liberty Pierce
5.0 out of 5 stars Another fantastic publication!
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Another fantastic publication!! We used this along with another bridge book and it has served well with our study of bridges.
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Laura Casey
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect!
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2017
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Bought for a donation to get young girls interested in construction. Perfect!
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Lee
2.0 out of 5 stars overrated
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Not that interesting inside the book.
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aditya bhatnagar
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in India on February 1, 2017
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Lots of spsce on basics of engineering which I did not need.Otherwise informative
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