Bridging the Bering Strait Interactive
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-College Senior |
| Discipline(s): |
Civil Engineering Construction Engineering Mechanical Engineering Ocean Engineering Petroleum Engineering |
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| Learning Resource Type: |
Teaching - Simulation |
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Unknown |
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Organization:Discovery Channel, Extreme Engineering |
| Description: | Interactive multimedia associated with the Discovery Channel's Extreme Engineering video program. There is a tour, rotatable view, step-by-step animation and a big picture view. "For the first time since the ice age, there could be a bridge across the Bering Strait linking Asia and North America. First, engineers must learn to deal with 55 miles of violent seas and crushing ice over the Arctic Ocean." |
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| Keywords: | extreme engineering pipeline high speed rail train Bering Strait |
| Is Component of: |
Extreme Engineering: Engineering the Impossible |
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| Use of Resource: |
The interactive multimedia components could be used with the video as part of a case study on extreme engineering or large-scale engineering projects. |
| Difficulty: |
Medium |
| Interactivity Level: |
High |
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| Publication Date: | August 2008 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/engineering/beringstrait/int |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
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