Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Train Truss Animation

9th - 10th
This animated video segment from "Building Big" demonstrates how a truss bridge is designed to balance the weight of a train as it travels over it. [0:39]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Design Squad: Truss Bridge

9th - 10th
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...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Bridge Design and Destruction! (Part 2)

9th - 10th
This is a two-part video that introduces the different types of bridges. The bridge types will be introduced in historical order from simple (beam and arch) in the first video to more complex (truss and suspension) in the second video....
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Physics: Bridge Design and Destruction! (Part 1)

9th - 10th
This is a two part video that introduces the different types of bridges. The bridge types will be introduced in historical order from simple (beam and arch) in the first video to more complex (truss and suspension) in the second video....
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Bridge Design and Destruction! (Part 1)

9th - 10th
This is a two-part video that introduces the different types of bridges. The bridge types will be introduced in historical order from simple (beam and arch) in the first video to more complex (truss and suspension) in the second video....