Introduction Engineers design They build They fix They create They work on buildings They work on machines They work on engines They think about math They think about science They think about art They do amazing feats They build great marvels Feats and marvels are skillful or daring accomplishments Engineers make things happen They solve problems They think outside the box They make the impossible possible There’s strange engineering And then there’s really strange engineering Some engineering feats are super strange They’re so strange that they’re hard to believe They sound like fiction But these stories are all true
Engineers designed rocket ships They sent man to the moon
Moving Nature Engineers moved a big oak tree The tree is 65 feet 20 meters tall It weighs 700,000 pounds 317,515 kilograms It’s 250 years old It was in front of the University of Michigan’s School of Business The school building was being expanded Expand means to make bigger The tree needed to be moved or cut down Students fought for the tree People gave money to help They paid 400,000 to move the tree Metal pipes were placed underneath it Big air bags were put under the tree The tree was lifted from the ground 6 chapter one
Engineers use simple machines and tools Trailers were placed under it The tree was rolled An air bag busted But it was fixed The tree was moved 300 feet 91 m It’s doing well It grew new roots It grew new leaves 7
