Engineering Bridges: Connecting the World | TheBookSeekers

Engineering Bridges: Connecting the World


Gateway to Engineering

School year: Year 7, Year 8, Year 9

No. of pages 184

Published: 2019

Great for age 7-14 years

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This book fills a gap between picture books for elementary students and technical books about bridges at the college level. It provides a readable and comprehensive illustrated guide to bridges of the world, with attention to different designs (arch, beam, truss, cantilever, suspension, cable-stayed) and materials (wood, stone, iron, steel, concrete, and even roots, grass, and plastic). Design challenges, technical advances, and environmental concerns are addressed with examples drawn from across the world and across the centuries. Fun chapters include those on movable bridges, pedestrian bridges, and bridge disasters. The style is friendly and accessible.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Gateway To Engineering .

This book is aimed at children at US 6th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 11-15 years.

There are 184 pages in this book. This book was published in 2019 by Tumblehome Learning .

Pendred (Penny) Noyce is a doctor, science education leader, and author of twelve books for young people, including three NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book award winners.

 

This book is in the following series:

Gateway to Engineering