Introduction
In this web quest, you will learn about the causes and impacts of bridges in natural disasters. You'll be learning about the strengths and weaknesses of different types of bridges and how they would react to a natural disaster.
Here is a simple website that requires you to build a bridge for the vehicle to go over.
http://toytheater.com/bridge-builder.php
Once you have crossed 3-5 bridges, continue with the task.
Task
Your task is to design a bridge that you believe will survive in a natural disaster of your choice. You will be making a bridge before you do research, and you will make a bridge after the research. You will be following a link to a website about different types of bridges, they are built etc.
Process
Your task is to:
- Visit this website http://www.historyofbridges.com/facts-about-bridges/types-of-bridges/ and look at all the different types of bridges, what they are made of, their benefits, etc.
- If necessary, do extra research on the bridge you have chosen
- Decide which bridge you think will withstand the natural disaster of your choice
- Build the bridge which you think is the strongest and make at least 3 dot points explaining why that is the bridge you have chosen