GRADE 7 SCIENCE
 We are working on exploring bridges and the forces acting on them and the reasons bridges fail.

Check out this link for help:  Bridges
This website explains how bridges work and had other articles to describe bridge failures.  How Stuff Works

Bridges Assignment (can be done in partners)
GOAL:  To demonstrate our understanding of bridges and why they work and why they fail.
SUCCESS CRITERIA:  - choose a bridge that has failed
- show how it was made
- explain how it failed and why it failed
- use some terminology discussed in class regarding forces acting on bridges, materials used to create the bridge, etc.
- present final product in ANY format you choose (for example; poster, slide show, written format - essay, oral presentation, etc.)