Description
Product Code: GH4210
UPC: 631865421022
ISBN: 978-1-61867-078-6
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
Netherlands
Rotterdam is Europe’s busiest port. Watch as the most powerful tugboats in the world tow gargantuan container ships and tankers through the narrow channels of the hectic harbour. Then, in order to avert another disaster from flooding the Dutch have invented a whole new way of constructing homes: they float! Find out how the world’s largest flower auction sells over 20 million flowers and plants every day. Finally, come for a ride in the world’s fastest road-car, the Donkervoort, which can go from 0-100 in 3.6 seconds.
