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Green Community Teaching Kit
Bridge Basics Program Kit
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Green Community Teaching Kit (Grades 5-8)
The Green Community Teaching Kit provides a comprehensive approach to studying green communities and culminates in the creation of a model green community, Greenville. Using the design process, the included curriculum plan empowers students and their educators to build a town from scratch, complete with model buildings and land use zones, all while incorporating knowledge gained through being introduced to existing Great Green Communities and Great Green Buildings.
The kit includes a 53" x 53" fabric map, lesson plans, and visual aids. All contents are made out of durable, environmentally-friendly materials. It is designed for students in 5th - 8th grades.
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Bridge Basics Program Kit (Grades 5-9)
Youth “Engineering Ideas” for The Future
Bridge Basics uses bridge engineering and design as vehicles for exploring and solving problems, and helps students “engineer ideas.” Students learn about fundamental structural engineering concepts and five basic types of bridges. They also get to design, construct, and test model bridges using playing cards and other materials.
For more than 15 years, Bridge Basics has successfully inspired thousands of students who’ve completed the program at the Museum.
Now, educators can deliver the same program on their own using the field-tested Bridge Basics Program Kit. It’s perfect for classroom use, after school programs, camps, and other educational settings. Using the kit, educators lead students in becoming engineers and working in teams to build model bridges that solve transportation problems while balancing issues of aesthetics, geography, materials, and cost.
The kit is entirely ready to use, complete with a CD-ROM, foundation lessons, posters, worksheets, bridge construction materials, and other resources. The curriculum is ideal for grades five through nine and is fully inter-disciplinary. It meets national standards of learning in six areas: language arts, math, science, social studies, technology, and visual arts.
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Purchase the kit online at the Museum Shop.
Contact us at bridgebasics@nbm.org if you have questions before purchasing.
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Other innovative teaching aids are also available in the Museum Shop. Proceeds help support education programs. Teachers and museum members deduct 10%. To request a list of resources or information on bulk orders and quantity discounts, or for more information, contact the Museum Shop at 202.272.7706.
Sponsors
Bridge Basics was developed with support from the Construction Industry Round Table.
The Green Community Teaching Kit is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment of the Arts.
