ICT 4 ELT Portals

Technical English for preintermediate students and their teachers

Compiled and annotated by
Valentina Merhoutová,
Střední škola technická,
Most.

This web page contains some useful links about civil engineering and architecture for preintermediate students and their teachers.

• Technical English in design and technology

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/

  There are seven topics about design and technology, where you can do both revising and testing your knowledge according your needs.

• Drawing in One-Point Perspective

  http://www.olejarz.com/arted/perspective/table10.html

  There are step-by-step instructions for basic one-point perspective. You can learn to draw e.g. a door, a window, a rug, a skylight and place some furniture inside the room – TV, bed, etc.

• Perspective Resources on the www

  http://www.olejarz.com/arted/perspectivelinks/index.html

  There is a list of useful resources where you can get information about the art of Renaissance Science, the art studio chalkboard for students and artists and some examples of student works.

• Art Studio Chalkboard

  http://studiochalkboard.evansville.edu/lp-intro.html

  This web is all about art studio chalkboard. There are sections concerning with drawing and painting in very detailed way with perfect illustrations.

• Science museum – exhibitions online

  http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/on-line/CHALLENGE/what/index.asp

  Online exhibition Challenge of Materials supports and inspires learning about materials. By choosing a picture you can find out more about areas where you are interested in ? e.g. about material structure or technology that was used.

• Civil Engineering

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_engineering

  This page is about the history of civil engineering and sub-disciplines of it. Here you can find general explanations what different fields of civil engineering deal with.

• List of historic civil engineering landmarks

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_historic_civil_engineering_landmarks#International_landmarks

  Here you can find a very detailed list of international landmarks and United States landmarks in alphabet order. A lot of information is supported with photos.

• Architecture portal: Selected picture archive

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Architecture/Selected_picture_archive

  Here you can find a lot of photos connected with architecture from all over the world with links for more details about the location of the buildings or its author.

• The Great Buildings Collection

  http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings

  A very large database of various buildings organized in alphabet order. This page enables to search in architecture books, 3D models, in architecture types etc.

• Smithsonian education

  http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/science_technology.html

  In the section Science and Technology you can find many lesson plans on different topics. They are prepared in very interesting way with a lot of visuals and activities.