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Internet Investigation and Research
Use one or more of the Internet Search Engines or resources such as magazines and books to help you find the answers to the following questions. Write a complete bibliography. When using any source, especially web sites, make sure that you check to make sure that your source is credible. Look for other resources to back up your information.. For each web site or resource, record at least this information:
For more on citing Internet Resources, refer to: http://yahooligans.com/content/tg/citation.html
The materials used to build structures must be strong in tension, in compression or in both. Investigate the following and see how much information you can find to help you understand how structures are built for strength.
How Tall (feet) | Location | Building(1975) |
(1) 1,821 | Toronto, Ont | CN Tower (1975) |
(2) 1,454 | Chicago, Ill | Sears Tower (1974) |
(3) 1,368 | New York, NY | World Trade Center (1973) |
(4) 1,250 | New York, NY | Empire State Building (1931) |
(5) 1,136 | Chicago, Ill | Amoco Building (1974) |
(6) 1,127 | Chicago, Ill | John Hancock Center (1969) |
(7) 1,050 | Atlanta, GA | Nation's Bank Tower (1992) |
(8) 1,046 | New York, NY | Chrysler Building (1930) |
(9) 1,017 | Los Angeles, CA | First Interstate World Center (1989) |
(10)1,002 | Houston, TX | Texas Commerce Tower (1981) |
(11) 992 | Houston, TX | First Interstate Plaza (1983) |
(12) 970 | Chicago, Ill | 311 S. Wacker (1969) |
(13) 960 | Philadelphia, PA | One Liberty Pl. (1987) |
(14) 954 | Seattle, WA | Columbia Seafirst Center (1985) |
(15) 952 | Toronto, Ont | First Canadian Pl. (1979) |
(16) 951 | Toronto, Ont | Bay/Adelaide Project (1991) |
(17) 950 | New York, NY | American International (1932) |
(18) 948 | Cleveland, OH | Society Center (1991) |
(19) 939 | Dallas, TX | National Bank Plaza (1985) |
(20) 927 | New York, NY | 40 Wall Tower (1929) |
(21) 914 | New York, NY | Citicorp Center (1977) |
(22) 902 | Toronto, Ont | Scotia Plaza (1988) |
(23) 901 | Chicago, Ill | Two Prudential Plaza (1990) |
(24) 901 | Houston, TX | Transco Tower (1983) |
(25) 891 | Chicago, Ill | AT&T Corporate Center (1989) |
Choose at least 5 of these skyscrapers and find out as much as possible about what makes their architecture and inner structure so tall and so strong. Use the web sites on the web page skyscrapers.html to start your investigation of these structures. If you find additional web sites that have good information, make sure to write them down and tell what you found there!
This project was created by Nancy Powell and Cathy Denbesten for their Geometry Classes at Bloomington High School, Bloomington, IL. We welcome your comments and questions.