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Sydney Harbour Bridge: the past in the present

This lesson plan provides five learning activities which examine the significance of the Sydney Harbour Bridge as a place for the community. Students will learn how it was built, alternate designs that were not chosen and explore the reasons behind this decision. They also identify reasons why the Sydney Harbour Bridge ...

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The bridge challenge

This interactive challenges students to select the most appropriate bridge design for four different sites including considering size, shape and building materials. The interactive is supported with information on the basics of bridge design.

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'Southern Sun' above Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1931

This is a gelatin silver-toned composite photograph measuring 32 cm x 25.5 cm, created by E.W. Searle. The Avro-10 Southern Sun plane piloted by Charles Ulm celebrated the arrival in Sydney of aviatrix Amy Johnson, the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia. Amy Johnson had crash landed in Brisbane and was flown ...

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Construct a straw bridge - teacher resource kit

This activity kit challenges students to design and construct a 40cm-long straw bridge. Activities are guided by the design thinking process, and scaffold students to explore various bridge designs then plan, build, test and critique their designs. The guide includes lesson ideas, project instructions and activity sheets.

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Earthquake shake | Questacon

In this activity, students build a model bridge and test it in earthquake-simulated conditions. They are then challenged to consider the performance of their structure and redesign and build an improved bridge. The activity includes a list of what is required, suggestions of what to do and notice, questions to ask, an explanation ...

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Animal rescue

This set of learning activities challenges students to design and make a model of a structure that animals can use to cross a road safely. The module includes a comprehensive teacher guide, curriculum links, materials lists, design process guides and printable student resource sheets. The resource also provides an editable ...