The Golden Gate Bridge

by Rebecca Stanborough

Overview

This title explores and explains how the Golden Gate Bridge was built. The bridge's construction is described in terms of the engineering process. The book explores why the bridge was built and describes the design stages and technologies used during construction. The book also describes the challenges builders faced while building the bridge.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781491482001
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2016
Series:	Engineering Wonders Series
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.10(d)
Lexile:	840L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 10 Years

About the Author

Rebecca Stanborough spent her teenage years in a ramshackle community house with 21 people and two bathrooms. Now she lives and writes in St. Augustine, Florida, surrounded by alligators, island rats, and roseate spoonbills, none of whom has ever asked to share her bathroom.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Floods of Water, Floods of People 4

Chapter 2 A Design that Works 10

Chapter 3 Construction Begins 14

Chapter 4 Spanning the Bay 22

Chapter 5 Across the Bay, Across the Years 26

Glossary 30

Read More 31

Internet Sites 31

Critical Thinking Using the Common Core 31

Index 32

Interviews

Large, eye-catching, high-impact photos clearly demonstrate why each structure is considered an engineering wonder. Complex engineering term and descriptions are made easier to understand through the use of photos, infographics, and sidebars. Books also include fact boxes, callout definitions, a glossary, a Read More section, and Common Core questions.

Editorial Reviews

Drawings and photographs, along with easy-to-read text, trace the engineering problems of building a bridge to withstand the "natural forces" of the San Francisco Bay. They were solved, though, and this book tells readers how.

"Architecture and Construction" Book Links

04/01/2016
Gr 4–7—In a welcome change from the normal series approach, these titles place each featured structure into the context of its natural and cultural environments while discussing how it reflects the society that built it. Authors explain engineering concepts, challenges, and construction processes so clearly that readers will understand how engineers overcame seemingly impossible problems to design and build these magnificent structures. The texts include details from small-scale innovations, such as the inclusion of sticky rice in the mortar of the Great Wall to the large daunting challenges of building a bridge able to withstand the natural forces that buffet the San Francisco Bay. Illustrations are a mixture of drawings, period photos, and attractive contemporary images. VERDICT Good choice to introduce landmark structures and the engineering that made them possible.

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