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BUILDING BY DESIGN
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ENGINEERING BURJ KHALIFA Why Do I Care? Maybe you have never seen or visited a supertall skyscraper. But that doesn’t mean you can’t think about how they affect how people live. Do you live in a tall building? If so, how does it affect your daily life? If not, how might your life be different if you lived in a skyscraper like Burj Khalifa?
BUILDING BY DESIGN
Core Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing.com
ENGINEERING BURJ KHALIFA Tell the Tale Chapter Four discusses how window washers work at great heights to keep Burj Khalifa clean. Imagine you are a window washer cleaning windows on the 130th floor of Burj Khalifa. Write 200 words about working at that height. What do you see? How do you feel? Do you like working so high?
BUILDING BY DESIGN
Core Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing.com
ENGINEERING BURJ KHALIFA Say What? Studying how a skyscraper is constructed can mean learning a lot of new vocabulary. Find five words in this book you had never heard before. Use a dictionary to find out what they mean. Then write the meanings in your own words, and use each word in a new sentence.
BUILDING BY DESIGN
Core Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing.com
ENGINEERING BURJ KHALIFA Another View This book is about the design and engineering of Burj Khalifa. As you know, every source is different. Ask an adult to help you find another source about this building. Write a short essay comparing and contrasting the new source’s point of view with that of this book’s author. What is the point of view of each author? How are they similar and why? How are they different and why?
Core Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing.com
ENGINEERING BURJ KHALIFA Why Do I Care? Maybe you have never seen or visited a supertall skyscraper. But that doesn’t mean you can’t think about how they affect how people live. Do you live in a tall building? If so, how does it affect your daily life? If not, how might your life be different if you lived in a skyscraper like Burj Khalifa?
BUILDING BY DESIGN
Core Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing.com
ENGINEERING BURJ KHALIFA Tell the Tale Chapter Four discusses how window washers work at great heights to keep Burj Khalifa clean. Imagine you are a window washer cleaning windows on the 130th floor of Burj Khalifa. Write 200 words about working at that height. What do you see? How do you feel? Do you like working so high?
BUILDING BY DESIGN
Core Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing.com
ENGINEERING BURJ KHALIFA Say What? Studying how a skyscraper is constructed can mean learning a lot of new vocabulary. Find five words in this book you had never heard before. Use a dictionary to find out what they mean. Then write the meanings in your own words, and use each word in a new sentence.
BUILDING BY DESIGN
Core Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing.com
ENGINEERING BURJ KHALIFA Another View This book is about the design and engineering of Burj Khalifa. As you know, every source is different. Ask an adult to help you find another source about this building. Write a short essay comparing and contrasting the new source’s point of view with that of this book’s author. What is the point of view of each author? How are they similar and why? How are they different and why?
