History of Bridges

 

Task 1

(History: ACDSEH003, ACHHS205, ACDSEH005, ACDSEH040, ACDSEH050, ACDSEH051, ACDSEH016, ACHHS151, ACHHS157)

 

 

 

Create a timeline of when these bridges were made:

 

• Arkadiko Bridge (ancient Greece)

• Anji Bridge (Sui dynasty, China)

• Trajan's Bridge (Roman bridge in Serbia, 105 CE)

• Alcántara Bridge (Roman bridge, Spain, 106 CE)

• Meganebashi Megane bridge (Japan's oldest stone arch bridge)

• Inca Suspension Bridges (South America, difficult to date)

• Ponte Vecchio (Built sometime around 996 CE, Italy)

• Passerelle Eiffel (France)

• Maurzyce Bridge (Poland)

• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway (USA)

• Oshima Bridge (Japan)

• Quebec Bridge (Canada)

• Chaotianmen Bridge (China)

• Akashi Kaikyō Bridge (Japan)

• Sutong Bridge (China)

 

Task 2

(Mathematics and Science: ACMMG165, ACMMG022, ACSSU111; Geography: ACHGS042)

 

Classify each bridge from Task 1 as one of the following types and make a sketch of each of these six bridge types:

 

truss

cantilever

suspension

beam

arch

cable-stayed bridges

 

Task 3

(Science: ACSHE220; Digital technologies: ACTDIP020)

 

Pick one type of bridge and make a decision tree that would help you choose that type of bridge from the others. See below for a funny example. Use several questions to do with shapes and design of the bridge. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Put your decision tree into a graphical editor or use a word processor.

 

Task 4

 

Make a decision tree to classify all bridges into one of these types.