Suspension bridge

Have you ever wondered how to build a windmill? Or basically anything out of paper? Well, like William Kamkwamba did in the story, “A Young Tinkerer Builds a Windmill, Electrifying a Nation”, I will be demonstrating how to build a windmill, but out of paper. First and Foremost, you will need to have the supplies needed for the windmill! Can you guess which comes first? It’s not that laborious, all you need is paper! The most important detail you’ll need for making a windmill is making sure that…

Students must also follow directions and understand the prerequisite requirements associated with creating a truss bridge. This lesson plan meets these conditions because it leverages a variety of resources to assemble information about student learning as well as a wide range of appropriate assessment strategies to evaluate student progress. Students are required to…

covered bridges in the state of Indiana. Beginning in 1835, Henry County contained the first covered bridge in Indiana history. In 1937, Indiana was home to 202 covered bridges; Dearborn County had two. By 1998, there was only one covered bridge in Dearborn County, and it is known as Guilford Covered Bridge (Covered Bridges in Indiana). Guilford Covered Bridge was built in 1879 by A.M. Kennedy and Sons, who had built around fifty covered bridges in Indiana by the 1900s. The bridge was…

so far. In this fifth installment in the series, Dr. Warsaw’s allies do horrible things to the twins. Coke and Pep get thrown in a pit with a deadly snake, get thrown into the Hoover Dam, and get threatened with a nuclear weapon on the Golden Gate Bridge. Despite all of this, Coke and Pepsi persevere with lots of courage, and survive. The theme…

It was a cold, windy night when John, Susie, Billy and Pepaw were sitting around the campfire, when pepaw began to tell a story from his childhood. He began the story by telling them about his trusty lantern. He said he was on the Golden Gate Bridge with his beloved wife. His lantern began to flicker, so he began to sway it back and forth to make the flame reappear. When he looked up there was a dense fog forming over the water, a large pirate ship began to appear. They began to get frightened…

The Golden Gate Bridge is well known for its beauty, but is often used as a jumping place. The chief engineer of it stated “The bridge is practically suicide-proof. Suicide from the bridge is neither practical nor probable.” (qtd. by Strauss). But, as stated before many have attempted suicide by jumping from the bridge. Kevin Briggs uses personal experiences to establish his credibility as an expert of the topic and to help those who are contemplating suicide or those who know someone that is…

(Beck, Bortz, Lynch, Mayo, Weld, 1985). The engineers tend to have a high esprit de corps, they consider themselves to be elite specialists. Engineer units have a rich history dating back to World War II, whether their military occupation skill was bridge, construction, or combat engineer. They conducted numerous amounts of training on different fighting aspects such as mobility, counter-mobility, and survivability. The engineers played important roles in many World War II battles. Their…

Ruby Bridges was a woman full of immense bravery and was the first black child to attend an all white elementary school. In the 1960s schools, restrooms, drinking fountains, restaurants and more were segregated. There were different places for different races and if you disobeyed the law it was a punishable offence. First and foremost, “Ruby Bridges will be forever remembered as the tiniest foot soldier in the civil rights movement, chosen at just 6 years old, to be the first black child to…

Brandi was brought to Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health in 1995 when she was 2 ½ years old. Court documents show that Brandi's birth parents had locked her in a closet on a dirty mattress covered by garbage bags for much of her life. After a concerned neighbor made a phone call, child protective services removed Brandi from the home and police arrested the parents for neglect. Today Brandi is studying psychology, and has begun sharing her story at Riley Dance Marathons, “I want to be able…

Engineering Disasters Engineers have opportunities and jobs like no other. Marvellous buildings and structures are completed, and new inventions are being created and implemented into society around the world, all thanks to engineers. However, not all of these inventions and structures are entirely perfect; in fact, some imperfect structures are more popular than the perfect ones because of the impact they have had on the people and areas around them. These famous imperfect structures are…