A general description of the landscape architect profession, including work conditions, and training requirements.

This icon of classical architecture perched atop the Acropolis has dominated the Athens skyline for 2,500 years. Few monuments in the world are more recognizable than the Parthenon. Sitting atop a limestone hill rising some 500 feet...

A collection of resources about dams that includes basic facts about dams, challenges faced by dam builders, famous dams from around the world, and a lab that helps you understand different kinds of shapes used to construct dams. Also...

The Colosseum is a symbol of Roman strength and cruelty. It is a testimony to the achievements the Romans made to architecture and engineering. Examine the colosseum from its construction to its use in the cruel games Romans used to...

For 40 years, from 1931 to 1971, the Empire State Building held the title of world's tallest building. This site, from the Skyscraper Museum, tells the story of the building's construction. Includes wonderful historical photographs of...

Read about what surveyors do and what education one needs to become a surveyor. This article includes sections entitled "What the job is like" and "Preparing for the job."

A journal devoted to professionals in the field of architecture, construction, and engineering. This page lists short abstracts for articles in the most current issue of the journal. Visitor has option to purchase the complete article.

Resource offers online career videos in 16 industry areas to learn about the type of work performed in a variety of jobs in each industry area.

Description of the US Coast Guard Academy and its curriculum and admissions requirements.

In this lesson unit from the Science Teachers' Association of Ontario (STAO), students fold paper to explore the properties and shapes of materials that give structures their stability and strength. They record their ideas as they...

Students will utilize new found knowledge of architectural design and engineering to apply math and science skills in building a structure. By using interactive websites, they will create scale drawing plans and design and engineer a...

Here's an ebook with descriptions, locations, and pictures of bridges all over the Cuyahoga Valley.

Challenge your students to design a building that will withstand an earthquake. Using materials like 3x5 cards and paperclips, students design three different buildings and test their effectiveness.

Are you interested in exploring a career? The occupational career exploration links allow you you to select a professional area and display potential job paths within that field.

Are you interested in an ocean related career? Explore the variety of career opportunities that are available in underwater technology.

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...

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...

In the 9th century the flame of Christianity was kept alive in the Iberian peninsula in the tiny Kingdom of the Asturias. Here an innovative pre-Romanesque architectural style was created that was to play a significant role in the...

Constructed in 1898, this is an example of late 19th-century commercial architecture. It served as the focal point of transportation into Montgomery. The train shed is significant in that it shows the adaptation of bridge-building...

Learn about the nature of the work done by surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists. Includes a job outlook and expected income.

This site has a good description of the nature of working as a landscape architect. Qualifications, education job outlook and earnings, with links to realted occupations are included in this site.

This site will explain what Surveyors, Cartographers, Photogrammetrists, and Surveying Technicians do for a living. It explains everything you would want to know.