Curated Video
Big Ideas - Episode 11 - Bridges of the World
Building bridges has long been a Big Idea, and many ancient examples still stand today. Recently Prague residents celebrated the 600th anniversary of the laying of the first stone of their famous Charles Bridge. The University of...
TED-Ed
Epic Engineering: Building the Brooklyn Bridge
Sometimes bridge building is a family business. An enlightening video describes the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge and the engineering principles behind suspension bridges. Viewers also learn about the people who led the project,...
MinutePhysics
The Tacoma Narrows Fallacy
Prove your textbook wrong! A detailed video lesson debunks a traditional explanation for the collapse of a bridge in Tacoma in the 1940s. The narrator outlines why resonance is not the culprit and explains the concept of...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Design Squad: Truss Bridge
In this video segment adapted from Design Squad, a PBS TV series featuring high school contestants tackling engineering challenges, students employ the concepts of tension and compression as they build a truss bridge without the aid of...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Design Squad: Suspension Bridge
In this video segment adapted from Design Squad, a PBS TV series featuring high school contestants tackling engineering challenges, students employ the concepts of tension and compression to build a suspension bridge without the aid of...
Museum of Science
Ei E: To Get to the Other Side: Designing Bridges Lesson 1
This teacher introduces an engineering challenge with a story. The main character, Javier, a boy from Texas, learns about civil engineering as he designs his own bridge. [8:57]
Museum of Science
Eie: To Get to the Other Side: Designing Bridges Lesson 3
Watch footage of lesson where students perform a controlled test of three types of bridges to see how much weight the bridges can support. [13:07]
Museum of Science
Ei E: To Get to the Other Side: Designing Bridges Lesson 4
This model lesson shows students applying their knowledge of balance, forces, and civil engineering as they imagine, plan, create, test, and improve their own bridges. [14:07]
Crash Course
Crash Course Physics #13: Statics
The Physics we're talking about today has saved your life! Whenever you walk across a bridge or lean on a building, Statics are at work. Statics is the study of objects when they're NOT accelerating. In this video [9:07] episode of Crash...
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]
Museum of Science
Ei E: To Get to the Other Side: Designing Bridges Lesson 2
Students think like civil engineers in this model lesson as they observe how forces affect structures and implement engineering solutions to balance forces and prevent structural failure. [9:58]