Friday, August 29, 4 PM
Get more out of Mountain Lake PBS series and specials with Watch & Wonder Program Highlights. Watch NOVA: Engineering the Eiffel Tower and then dive deeper with media rich educational resources on PBS LearningMedia.
Explore the revolutionary engineering behind Paris’s iconic landmark. Completed in just over two years for the 1889 World’s Fair, the iron tower smashed the record for the tallest structure on Earth, ushering in a new age of global construction that reached for the skies. How did the engineers do it? In Engineering the Eiffel Tower, follow the innovations, successes, and failures that made one of the most famous buildings on the planet possible.
Engineering the Eiffel Tower | NOVA
Grades 6-8
Investigate the choices of materials and structure in the design of the Eiffel Tower with these video excerpts from NOVA: Building the Eiffel Tower. Use this resource to provide students with opportunities to investigate how engineers met key criteria while designing the Eiffel Tower.
Take advantage of the Mountain Lake PBS broadcast schedule with Watch & Wonder Program Highlights. Great for classroom viewing, distance instruction, and families looking to spend extra quality time together, these programs are suitable for middle and high school aged learners.
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