TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Reaching for the Sky 5 CHAPTER 2 Skyscraper Design 11 CHAPTER 3 Building a Skyscraper 19 THAT’S AWESOME Burj Khalifa 22 CHAPTER 4 Skyscraper Challenge 25 Focus on Building Skyscrapers Glossary To Learn More Index
CHAPTER 1 REACHING FOR THE SKY The elevator door slid open Amelia and her friends were 1,354 feet 413 m in the air The students walked to the Skydeck They stood at the top of the Willis Tower in Chicago Illinois From the glass structure Amelia could see parts of four states People on the sidewalk seemed as tiny as ants The Skydeck is on the 103rd floor of the Willis Tower in Chicago 5
