What do they do?
Super-strong structures
Pulley power
FUN FACTS
100

This type of engineer focuses on designing and building infrastructure that supports our everyday life.

What is a Civil Engineer?

100

This part of the structure needs to be *BLANK *to keep it from falling over.

What is a wide base?

100

This simple machine is a wheel with a rope over it, used to make lifting easier.

What is a pulley?

100

This famous woman helped direct the building of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Who is Emily Roebling?

200

Civil engineers build things like roads, bridges, and even these tall structures.

What are towers?

200

This shape is super strong and you can see it in many bridges. 

What is a triangle?

200

Instead of lifting straight up, a pulley lets you pull in this direction to make an object go up.

What is down?

200

 Emily Roebling was one of the first female engineers in this country.

What is the USA?

300

Besides building, civil engineers also ensure structures are this, so they don't fall down.

What is safe or stable? 

300

When both sides of a structure are balanced and even, it has this.

What is symmetry?

300

This type of pulley changes the direction of force, like on a flagpole.

What is a fixed pulley?

300

Elevators use a pulley system connected to one of these to lift the car.

What is a motor?

400

This is what civil engineers build to support our everyday life, like roads and bridges.

What is infrastructure?

400

For the "My Tower, My Rules!" activity, your tower had to have at least this many windows.

What are 8 Windows?

400

This type of pulley moves with the load and reduces the amount of force needed to lift something.

What is a movable pulley?

400

This force pulls the elevator down, but the pulley system helps lift against it.

What is gravity?

500

These professionals make sure structures are safe, stable, and can handle weather, weight, and movement.

Who are civil engineers?

500

 This type of pulley system combines both fixed and movable pulleys.

What is a compound pulley?

500

In an elevator pulley system, a heavy one of these helps balance the load. 


What is a counterweight?