civil engineering

Students will experience a deep but accessible dive into this world, exploring the steps taken by FDR to help the U.S. recover from the Great Depression to improve America's infrastructure and the latest steps being taken in the face of the new recession.

Discusses the methods and achievements of Roman builders who were responsible for such projects as aqueducts, roads, and bridges.

Looks beneath the surface of great structures to show their design, the building materials, and how they stay up.

Simple text and photographs explore ways in which people change the land, from building houses and bridges to planting gardens.

Describes the causes of flooding, methods for controlling floodwater, and how meteorologists can forecast flooding events.

Recounts the building of more than 80 structures throughout the world.

Describes the history and construction of the Eiffel Tower, its builders, and similar structures around the world.

Describes a construction site with workers drawing blueprints, driving bulldozers, pouring concrete, and painting walls.

Discusses the building of complicated modern structures.

Experiments, projects and construction diagrams present the history and growth of infrastructure in cities.