Teach Your Kids About … Bridges

Bridges are amazing feats of engineering and a great logic challenge for your children designers. Here are some resources to help teach them more about bridges and how they work.

Teach Your Kids About Bridges
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Lesson Plans

Worksheets, Notebooks, and Lapbooks

Crafts & Activities

Websites

  • The Bridge Site – this site has an extremely huge list of resources and references, fun activities, and more.
  • Bridges in Canada – a list with some pictures of really neat bridges across Canada (and some that are in the US)
  • 15 Most Famous Bridges of the World 
  • SuperBridge – from PBS Nova, based on a video of the same name. Includes an interactive section to investigate types of bridges and make a decision on which kind to make for the space available. Teacher’s resources have a building challenge and suggestions from other educators.
  • Building Big – a reference site that teaches about spans, types of bridges, famous bridges and more.

Online Games & Activities

Videos

Books & Toys

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