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The Mathematical Association of America: Career Profiles
Offers dozens of essays written by people who use math in their careers, providing practical answers to the question: 'Why should I study math?'."
Read Works
Read Works: News Debate Phone Patrol
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the police being able to search through cell phones without a search warrant. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Roads, Highways, and Ecosystems
An interesting look from the National Humanities Center at the progression of roads in America. Author looks at the ecological impact of the road system.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: The Center of the World: Teacher's Guide
Students will have an opportunity to create memorials at the World Trade Center site to commemorate the September 11th attacks. Come and check it out.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Earthquake Safe Structures Study Guide
Review the main concepts of earthquake-safe structures.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Mechanics of Solids
A collection of video lectures from a course introducing students to the mechanics of solids. Webpage includes forty-one lectures from a professor at the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning. Lectures vary in length and...
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Modern Surveying Techniques
A collection of video lectures from a course introducing students to modern surveying techniques. Webpage includes twelve lectures from a professor at the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning. Lectures vary in length and...
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Hoover Dam
Article provides statistics and facts about the Hoover Dam, the powerplant, and Lake Mead.
PBS
Pbs: A Warrior in Two Worlds
This PBS biography tells the story of Ely Parker, who became a Seneca chief, legal scholar, engineer, Civil War hero, and Cabinet-level commissioner--all by the age of 40.
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Unesco: United Kingdom: Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
Situated in north-eastern Wales, the 18 kilometre long Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal is a feat of civil engineering of the Industrial Revolution, completed in the early years of the 19th century. Covering a difficult geographical...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Montgomery Cunningham Meigs
Montgomery Cunningham Meigs (May 3, 1816 - January 2, 1892) was a career United States Army officer, civil engineer, construction engineer, and Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army during and after the American Civil War.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Charles Ellet
Charles Ellet, Jr. (1 January 1810 - 21 June 1862) was a civil engineer and a colonel during the American Civil War, mortally wounded at the Battle of Memphis.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Quincy Adams Gillmore
Quincy Adams Gillmore (February 25, 1825 - April 11, 1888) was an American civil engineer, author, and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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From a book written by a civil engineer, John Debo Galloway, this article discusses the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad including construction methods, problems, and the eventual meeting of the rails at Promontory Point.
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Hart 349a
From a book "The First Transcontinental Railroad" by John Debo Galloway, a civil engineer, comes this comprehensive description of the topography of the route of the Central Pacific Railroad.
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Snowsheds, Donner Lake
From a book written by a civil engineer, John Debo Galloway, this article discusses the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad including construction methods, problems, and the eventual meeting of the rails at Promontory Point.
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Hart 39. Long Ravine Bridge (Lewis Metzler Clement's Stereoview)
From a book written by a civil engineer, John Debo Galloway, this article discusses the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad including construction methods, problems, and the eventual meeting of the rails at Promontory Point.
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Sidney Dillon.
From a book written by a civil engineer, John Debo Galloway, this article discusses the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad including construction methods, problems, and the eventual meeting of the rails at Promontory Point.
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Unesco: Italy: Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes
Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes, brings together two historic railway lines that cross the Swiss Alps through two passes. Opened in 1904, the Albula line in the north western part of the property is 67 km long. It...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey: Paterson Great Falls
A National Natural Landmark and site of mills and mill races originally developed by the Society of Useful Manufacture in late 1700s that are a Civil Engineering Landmark.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George Gordon Meade
George Gordon Meade (December 31, 1815 - November 6, 1872) was a career United States Army officer and civil engineer involved in coastal construction, including several lighthouses.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Armstrong
John Armstrong was an American civil engineer and soldier who served as a major general in the Revolutionary War. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress for Pennsylvania.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sir Francis Drake
(1540-1596) An English privateer, navigator, politician, and civil engineer of the Elizabethan era.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Suspension Bridge
This photo shows a common type of bridge known as a suspension bridge. The Clifton Suspension Bridge stretches over the River Avon in Bristol, England. It was designed by a famous civil engineer named Isambard Kingdom Brunel. For more...
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