Post on 19-Jan-2016
Sears Hill Bridge
Information about the original bridge
Can you find the scale they used on the original bridge?
What has changed?
Background Information...Read the article and watch the commercial.
Bridge Information
Commercial WHSV After reading the article and watching the commercial you need to summarize what information you learned about Sears Hill Bridge. This should be done on the back of your information sheet about jobs and blueprints.
Your job...
The year is 2012.
The citizens of Staunton have raised the funds needed to
rebuild the Sears Hill Bridge. They want to build the bridge to
be an exact copy of the original, but be safe for pedestrians to
walk across. The Friends of the Sears Hill Bridge asked an
architect to use the original measurements of the bridge to
make a blueprint and model for the new bridge.
You are that architect.
The Job…
Use measurements from
the bridge to create
1. A drawing that will
serve as a blueprint
for a new bridge
that is an exact
replica (copy) of the
bridge.
2. A model of the new
bridge.
Timeline...Day One
Learn about the bridge
Come up with a group plan
Complete group contract
Day Two - Five
Draw on paper pencil or in Google Draw the blueprint for the bridge. Begin construction of model.
Day Six
The company that hired you will be looking at your blueprint, model and table of measurements
Links to documents...
Jobs that require use of blueprints
Project Planning Sheet
Project Team Contract
Project Team Work Plan
Rubric
You can make a copy of any of these documents and save them into your drive if you need to.
Actual Measurements of Sears Hill Bridge
3 ½ ft
8 ft
60 ft
7 ft
12 ft