MegaWorld: Dubai

$39.95

Description

Product Code: GH4204
UPC: 631865420421
ISBN: 978-1-61867-072-4
Grade Level: 6-12
Media Type: DVD

Product Description

A STEM Curriculum Resource for Engineering and Science students.

Travel to the biggest, fastest, most exciting engineering, automotive and construction projects across the globe. This series highlights a variety of innovative and awing scientific feats in different countries.

MegaWorld is a fun, fast paced, experiential approach to presenting a country or region’s innovations in science and technology. Projects Include: – Manufacturing of the world’s biggest truck – Transportation on Canada’s epic ice roads – Futuristic skyscrapers in the fastest growing cities – Conceptualizing the strongest rocket on the planet -Traveling underwater in a high-tech submersible – Testing and perfecting Formula One race cars – Development of floating house communities – Retrofitting San Francisco’s Bay Bridge

Dubai

The United Arab Emirates is a place of contradictions where traditional Bedouins live next to glittering cities with the tallest and most expensive buildings in the world. Dubai is the world’s fastest growing city. Anything is possible here from camel-riding robots to downhill skiing indoors on real snow. Futuristic skyscrapers rise at breakneck speed on land that was desert only a few years ago. “MegaWorld: Dubai” will take you inside the newest and most innovative projects in this architectural and engineering wonderland.

Additional Information

Run Time: 45
Copyright: 2008
Marc Record: Yes
Studio: Exploration Production Inc.
Territory: Available in the U.S. Only