Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The World's Tallest Building

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students investigate the world's tallest buildings. In this architecture instructional activity, students discover how humans change the physical environment. Students read about and view pictures of famous buildings in the world....
Handout
Other

Skyscraper Museum: World's Tallest Building: Burj Dubai (Burj Khalifa)

For Students 9th - 10th
Archived exhibit, from 2007, of the Burj Khalifa (formerly known as the Burj Dubai) details the ambitious plans to erect the world's tallest building in the years before it was completed.
Website
Other

Burj Khalifa [Burj Dubai]

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the design, engineering, and construction of the Burj Khalifa (also known as the Burj Dubai), the world's tallest structure, at the online home of tower's developers.
Article
Other

Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat: Burj Kahlifa (Burj Dubai) [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
In a paper by principal architect of the Burj Khalifa, Adrian Smith, he discusses the building's design, its development, and his approach to the work. [Note that Smith wrote and delivered this paper a year before the tower was completed.]