School Wide Building Project Resources
updated February 2010

Famous Buildings and Structures
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0772716.html
*The Great Buildings Collection - http://www.greatbuildings.com/places.html

Bridges
PBS online Building Big series - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/bridge/
PBS Building Big Golden Gate Bridge - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/golden_gate.html
Nova Super Bridge activity - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bridge/
Photographs, diagrams and explanations of the basic types of bridges are indexed along with other related topics- http://www.brantacan.co.uk/bridgeindex.htm
ABOUT BRIDGES - http://www.nireland.com/bridgeman/
Brooklyn Bridge website - http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/bbridge/bbridge.html
Golden Gate Bridge - http://www.inetours.com/Pages/SFNbrhds/Golden_Gate_Bridge.html
Tacoma Narrows Bridge - http://www.ketchum.org/tacomacollapse.html

Churches
St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/medny/stpat1.html
St. Peter's Basilica in Rome - http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/sanpietro.htm
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris - http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Cathedrals/Paris/Notre-Dame.shtml.

Recreation
Museums - http://art-design.umich.edu/mother/museums.html
Smithsonian Institution, composed of sixteen museums and galleries - http://www.si.edu/
    National Air and Space Museum, Washington D.C. - http://www.nasm.si.edu
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Illinois- http://www.krannertcenter.com/
Six Flag Theme Parks - http://www.sixflags.com/pick_a_park1.asp
Paramount's Kings Island Ohio- http://www.pki.com/
Disney World Florida - http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/index?bhcp=1
Disneyland California - http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/home/home?name=HomePage

Roads
Lombard Street - http://www.sftravel.com/lomabardcrookedstreet.html
Historic Route 66 - http://www.historic66.com/
Historic Roads - http://www.historicroads.org/sub2_2.htm
German Autobahn - http://www.ajfroggie.com/roadpics/autobahn/ , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobahn,

Skyscrapers
PBS online Building Big series- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/skyscraper/index.html
Chicago Skyscrapers - http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/?id=101030
Dallas Skyscrapers - http://www.dallassky.com/

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World -http://www.cleveleys.co.uk/wonders/sevenwondersoftheworld.htm, http://www.crystalinks.com/seven.html. http://www.123world.com/wonders/index.html
History of Pyramid of Giza - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/gizahistory.html
Hanging Gardens of Babylon - http://www.unmuseum.org/hangg.htm
Temple of Artemis - http://www.kusadasi.biz/temple-of-artemis.asp
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus - http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/9705/seven.wonders/mausoleum.html , http://www.bodrumpages.com/English/mausoleum.html
Colossus of Rhodes - http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0812958.html, http://www.rhodesguide.com/rhodes/colossus_rhodes.php  
Lighthouse of Alexandria - http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/9705/seven.wonders/lighthouse.html

Seven Wonders of the Modern World -http://www.123world.com/wonders/modern-wonders.html
Channel Tunnel - http://www.theotherside.co.uk/tm-heritage/background/tunnel.htm, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel
CN Tower - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CN_Tower
Empire State Building - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Building , http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=114095
Golden Gate Bridge - http://www.inetours.com/Pages/SFNbrhds/Golden_Gate_Bridge.html, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge
Itaipu Dam - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/itaipu.html, http://www.worldwander.com/paraguay/itaipu.htm
North Sea Protection Works - http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0311400/Modern_Wonders/modern_6.htm
Panama Canal - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal, http://www.eclipse.co.uk/~sl5763/panama.htm