Bridge games

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Description

Learn about different types of bridges by matching pictures of bridges to names.
Play a fruit salad style game to reinforce the names.


Resources

Laminates of different bridge types and names - see attached Word doc.

Instructions

Each lodge to be given laminate pictures of different types of bridges together with a set of names. Beavers to match pictures to names in lodges.
Each beaver to choose a picture of a bridge that they like. Whole colony to stand in a circle.
Play a fruit salad type game where each beaver has a picture of a particular type of bridge. Leader calls out bridge names and beavers have to swap places with someone else who has a bridge of that type, eg:

arch
beam
suspension
cantilever
through arch
skyway
covered
swing
aqueduct
bridges in X (eg Oxford, UK, Australia)
a bridge that carries water
a bridge that is good if it's raining
any bridge with an arch
any bridge with a support in the water
a bridge that you would like to go on


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