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Buildings - Architecture - Religion

Bridges, Domes, Dams, and Tunnels :

• A Need for Silly Public Works
  (neatorama.com)

  

• Rock Star Sting Fights Against Brazilian Dam - a lesson plan
  WARM-UPS : THE ENVIRONMENT / PROJECTS / RAINFOREST
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)

  
  
  Sting urges Brazil to listen to tribal dam fears
  "Rock star Sting has used his latest visit to Brazil to urge the government there to listen to the concerns of indigenous peoples over a proposed new hydro-electric dam in the Amazon."
  (BBC)

  

• The Three Gorges Dam - PowerPoint Presentation (geogonline.org.uk)
  
  
  
  Three Gorges Dam completed (20 May 2006) - (BBC)
  
  Three Gorges Dam (Wikipedia)

• Falkirk Wheel
  = "a rotating boat lift connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal.
  The difference in the levels of the two canals at the wheel is 24 metres..."
  (Wikipedia)

• BRIDGES - "Match the type of bridge with the correct picture."
  (marysmill.ourjunction.com)

  

• Sutong Bridge
  It "is a cable stayed bridge that spans the Yangtze River in People's Republic of China between Nantong and Changshu.
  With a span of 1,088 metres (3,570 ft), it is a cable stayed bridge with the longest main span in the world..."
  (Wikipedia)

• Qatar-Bahrain Friendship Bridge
  "The link will be about 45 kilometers (28 mi) long."
  (Wikipedia)

• The Thames Tunnel (BBC)
  " In this edition of London Life we celebrate one of the great engineering achievements of all time - the first tunnel to be built under a river anywhere in the world - the Thames Tunnel."
  - audio + script + vocabulary

• Bridges, Domes, Skyscrapers, Dams, and Tunnels. (PBS)
  
  

Walls :

• Wall paintings in Ireland - a lesson plan (schoolshistory.org.uk)

  

Great Buildings :

• World’s tallest building opens in Dubai - a lesson plan
  "The height of the 828-metre Burj Khalifa was kept a secret until the opening ceremony. It is twice the height of New York’s Empire State Building."
  WARM-UPS :
  TALL BUILDINGS / MOST / BEST / BIG IS BEAUTIFUL / PLACES TO STAY / BUILDING
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)

  

• Skyscrapers (with a Glossary of engineering words) - (PBS)
  
  

• World's Tallest Buildings (emporis.com)

• High-rise Buildings (emporis.com)

   

• Diagram of the Principal High Buildings of the old world, 1884
  (upload.wikimedia.org)

  

• Dubai City Tower (realtyna.com)

  

• Buildings That Look Like Food - PHOTOS
  (urlesque.com)

  

• DUBAI DYNAMIC TOWER :
  
  
  • Dubai plans 'moving' skyscraper
    "The world's first moving building, an 80-storey tower with revolving floors giving a shifting shape, will be built in Dubai, its architect says...
    The 420-metre (1,378-foot) building's apartments would spin a full 360 degrees, at voice command, around a central column by means of 79 giant
    power-generating wind turbines located between each floor. "
    + a VIDEO
    (BBC)

    

   

  • Dynamic Tower plans unveiled
    "Italian architect David Fisher has unveiled his plans to create the world's first revolving skyscraper.
    Taller than the Empire State Building, the so-called Dynamic Tower will be built in Dubai, with a second version featuring a retractable helicopter pad, later planned for Moscow."
    (BBC)
    
    

• List of tallest buildings and structures in the world (Wikipedia)

  

• Dubai tower tallest building in the world - a lesson plan
  (Breaking News English)

• Burj Dubai - the official site
  The Tower / Facts and Figures / In & Around / Gallery & Press...
  (burjdubai.com)

  

• Burj Dubai
  1 Height
  2 Architecture and design
  3 Purpose
  4 Labour controversy
  5 Gallery...
  (Wikipedia)

  

• Construction Starts on Freedom Tower - a lesson plan (Education World)
  "A new tower at the site of the former World Trade Center will be the tallest building in the U.S. when it is completed in 2011."
  
  

• The Designs for Ground Zero - (PBS)
  "An interactive look at the various buildings that are being planned for the former World Trade Center site as of September 2004."

• Great buildings (greatbuildings.com)
  "This gateway to architecture around the world and across history documents a thousand buildings and hundreds of leading architects, with 3D models, photographic images and architectural drawings, commentaries, bibliographies, web links, and more, for famous designers and structures of all kinds."

Castles :

• Kids'Castle
  with stories, word games, Dress the Knight, puzzles, wordsearches, quizzes etc.
  (kidsonthenet.org.uk)

  

Monuments :

• International monuments (for monumental vacations) - (tripspot)
  
  

Wonders :

• The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (pageandmoy.com)
  
  

• The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - interactive game (PBS)

  

• The Seven Wonders of the World - interactive crossword
  (BBC)

• The Seven Wonders of the Modern World (wonderclub.com)
  The Empire State building, the Itaipu Dam, the CN Tower, the Panama Canal, the Channel Tunnel,
  the North Sea Protection Works, and the Golden Gate Bridge.

  

• The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - a map (1.bp.blogspot.com)

  

• 7 Wonders of the Ancient World (7wonders.mrdonn.org)
  Links for Kids / Things to Do / Lesson Plans & Activities / Additional Resources

  

• Seven Wonders of the World (Présentation PowerPoint)
  (Jefferson County Schools)
  
  

• Hillman Wonders of the World with photos and descriptions
  
  

Pools :

• The largest pool in the world - Located in Algarrobo, Chile

  
  "Yesterday the Guinness Book of Records named the vast pool beside the sea in Chile as the biggest in the world."
  (dailymail.co.uk)