Saturday, February 23, 2019

Have You Heard of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster and the Battle of the Crater?

This is a model of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster which happened in Tampa Bay, Florida, in 1980.  Jeff lived in Florida when this happened, and I moved there a few years after.  





The Battle of the Crater took place during the Civil War in Petersburg, Virginia.  The Union soldiers dug a tunnel underneath the Confederates and then lit lots of explosives in it.  This true story has a surprise ending.  



Both of the students who made the above projects are working on their research papers on the same exciting topics.  Email me at littleflock7 at gmail.com if you would like to see a list and pictures of over 100 interesting topics for projects and reports.  
The next post will include the first, second, and third place prize winners.