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Q'eswachaka: A Living Legacy of Inka Engineering

This poster, for students in grades 5–8, provides a general introduction to the Inka Empire and the Great Inka Road system with special focus on the engineering aspects of a suspension bridge. Students learn from modern–day Inka descendants and gain hands-on experience as they build a suspension bridge in class. Este recurso también está disponible en español.

Resource Information

grades   5 6 7 8
featured nations
Inka
subjects
English Language Arts, Environmental Science, Science, Social Studies, STEM
regions
Andes, South America