Instructional Video

Pbs Learning Media: Hoover Dam

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This video segment from "Building Big" demonstrates the basic principles at work in the Hoover Dam, a concrete gravity dam that also makes use of the properties of the arch. [1:18]

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Concepts
dams
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arch dam, arches, dam construction, engineering principles, gravity dam, hoover dam, pbs learningmedia: hoover dam, teachers' domain, wgbh, concrete dams, dams and reservoirs
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)