Module #5: "Building a better future" -civil engineering in a finite world

This module may be place where the students explore what civil engineers do and investigate some of the challenges to building and maintaining our societies' infrastructure in a world with increasing demands and decreasing available resources.

Links to activities:

1. Urban Ecosystems 1-5
2. Bridge Building: There are tons of these. We can use various Vernier attachments to measure force/load etc. http://best.me.berkeley.edu/~aagogino/IU/mdrules/balsawood.html (balsawood bridges), http://bridgecontest.usma.edu/ (really for the software which is free!), http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/bridge/building.html (toothpick bridges), http://www.swe.org/iac/LP/bridge_02.html (suspension bridge), http://arizonamesa.web.arizona.edu/activities/pasta.html (pasta)
3. Paper Structures: http://www.swe.org/iac/LP/paperstruct_01.html
4. Oxidation and Corrosion: http://www.swe.org/iac/LP/corro_01.html
5. Chocolate Asphalt Cookies (yes, you read right!): http://www.swe.org/iac/LP/asphalt_01.html