New York SKYSCRAPERS

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WHAT IS A SKYSCRAPER ?

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THE ELEVATOR

THE ENGINEERING

9/11

Première STI2D - ETLV

NEW YORK SKYSCRAPERS

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FINAL TASK

• Together think about the motivations to build skyscrapers.
  • Why ?
  • What were the needs at the time ?
  • What were the difficulties ?

[need for more room as population growing and spatial constraints as NYC an island]

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  • Check your ideas
  • Can you guess what he is talking about : « We lacked one key piece of technology » ?
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  • Watch and check your ideas.
  • What problem did it solve ?
• Watch the rest of the video and take notes about (in groups)
  • The problem with the elevator before
  • How this problem was sorted
  • The impact of the elevator on urbanization
  • The reactions

Read the text Complete the drawing with the appropriate captions.

SPAGHETTI TOWER CHALLENGE

• Build the tallest, freestanding tower using 10 spaghetti and 4 marshmallows
• Teams of 3
• 2 minutes to create a rough sketch and plan for your structure.
• 5 minutes to build your tower.

THINK

• Was your tower successful?
• If you did this again, what would you do differently?
• What are the difficulties engineers have to face?
• How can we solve them ?
• Check with the video.

• Read one of the texts and note down what you understand.
• In pairs, discuss with your partner and refine your ideas.
• Meet another pair of students and together exchange about the engineering challenges.
• To conclude, complete the mindmap.

SPEAKING TASK:

• You are a team of tour guides in NYC. Prepare the speech you will deliver in the « Remembering 9/11» Tour.
• Be ready to answer questions for the tourists.

Create your own New York skyline in the classroom. 1- Study one of New York's iconic skyscrapers:

• One World Trade Centre
• Chrysler Building,
• Empire State Building
• ....

Guidelines :

• Where is the skyscraper located?
• When was it completed? How long did the construction take?
• How tall is it?
• What materials were used in its construction?
• Who was the architect who designed the building?
• What were some of the goals the architect was trying to accomplish? Do you think he or she succeeded in meeting those objectives?
• Was it ever the tallest building in the world? When, if ever, did it lose its title? Where does this building rank today among the tallest in the world?
• What materials or technology enabled it to surpass the heights of previously constructed skyscrapers?
• How many people visit this skyscraper each day/week/month/year?
• What were some of the challenges involved in building it?
• Were any people injured or killed during the building process?
• What are some important events that took place in this skyscraper?

2- Create an illustration, drawn to scale, of it on a piece of poster board. Each group should use the same scale, such as 1 foot of illustration = 100 feet of actual skyscraper. At the bottom of the illustration, include a stick figure of a 5-foot person for size comparison. 3- Create an index card with basic facts about the building (name, year built, location). Then write 5-10 fun facts about the building on sticky notes and post them around their illustration.

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• Sort the pictures into two groups.
• Decide on one or two criteria you used to distinguish the structures from one another

[SKYSCRAPERS & OTHER BUILDINGS]

• Are all tall buidings skyscrapers ?
• What are the criteria ?

• Determine whether the tall buidlings pictured on the document exhibit the characteristics of skyscrapers.
• Include a written justification for your decisions.