MOREnet, MODOT and RoundTrips Present:
Part 8
Bridge Construction: The Great Collaboration

Date: May, 2009
Times: (9:00-9:50 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.-10:50 CST)
Grade Levels: 5-10


So, how many people does it take to build a bridge?  Find out when you meet the professionals who are working in a great collaboration to build a new bridge over the Missouri River.  Ask questions about their careers, what it's like to work up high over water, build and design a bridge.


To Join this conference Contact: roundtrips@clayton.k12.mo.us
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Click on the links below for Program Materials and more information:

Download detailed program 8 description

Truss simulation from Johns Hopkins University

West Point Contest Bridge Software

Lesson Plans for the Physics of Bridges from Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute

Glasgow Bridge information

Glasgow Bridge History

MODOT Connections publication Feb 2008

MODOT web site about the Glasgow Bridge

MODOT 800 Better Bridges Safe and Sound Website
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