Bridges | Eye Wonder

The Eye Wonder team learns all about bridges. D.V. visits a bridge under construction and SCDOT to learn more about the construction and engineering that must occur for a bridge to be built and stay standing safely.

Standards

• Science and Engineering Practices
  • 8.S.1 The student will use the science and engineering practices, including the processes and skills of scientific inquiry, to develop understandings of science content.
    • 8.S.1A The practices of science and engineering support the development of science concepts, develop the habits of mind that are necessary for scientific thinking, and allow students to engage in science in ways that are similar to those used by scient...
      • 8.S.1A.8 Obtain and evaluate scientific information to
        • 8.S.1A.8.5a Communicate using the conventions and expectations of scientific writing or oral presentations by
    • 8.S.1B Technology is any modification to the natural world created to fulfill the wants and needs of humans. The engineering design process involves a series of iterative steps used to solve a problem and often leads to the development of a new or impr...
      • 8.S.1B.1 Construct devices or design solutions using scientific knowledge to solve specific problems or needs:
• 6.GM Geometry and Measurement
• 7.GM Geometry and Measurement
• 8.GM Geometry and Measurement

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