6thGradeBridgeProject

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**GENERAL BRIDGE BUILDING RESOURCES**

 * [|Super Bridge - Build A Bridge] - This website has information about different types of bridges and on online [|Bridge Builder Game].
 * [|Building Big: All About Bridges] - Go through this resource to help you prepare for the [|Building Big Bridge Challenge]
 * [|Spotter's Guide to Bridges] -- CHECK THIS OUT! A guide to how to recognize different types of bridges!

GAMES & SIMULATIONS
Try these sites out BEFORE you start to design and build your own bridge!
 * [|Bridge Builder Game].
 * [|Building Big Bridge Challenge]

ARCH BRIDGES
[|Arch Bridge]- An article from Wikipedia defines an arch bridge, how it is constructed, and gives examples (with pictures) or various arch bridges in the world. [|Arch Bridges - Design Technology] - This brief page includes diagrams about how arch bridges bear force and work. [|The Stone Arch Bridge] - An animated graphic shows how an arch bridge works and gives some examples of these types of bridges.

BEAM BRIDGES
[|Beam Bridges - Design Technology] - This brief page includes diagrams about how beam bridges work and are constructed. [|Beam Bridges] - NOVA Online - A page on beam bridges from the NOVA SuperBridge website.

CABLE BRIDGES
[|Cable-stayed Bridge] - An article from Wikipedia defines an cable-stayed bridge, how it is constructed, and gives examples (with pictures) or various cable-stayed bridges in the world. [|A Typical Cable Stay Bridge] - An animated graphic shows how cable stay bridge works. Links at the bottom of the page lead to examples of such bridges.

SUSPENSION BRIDGES
[|Suspension Bridge] - An article from Wikipedia defines a suspension bridge, how it is constructed, and gives examples (with pictures) or various suspension bridges in the world. [|Suspension Bridges] - This brief page includes diagrams about how suspension bridges bear force and work. There also is a section on the history of suspension bridges. [|Tacoma Narrows Bridge: Suspension Bridge Basics] - Offers a definition of a suspension bridge and all its parts.