Benchmark#5:AnsweringYourResearchQuestions

DueDate:May13,2016

Directions:
UsingyourresearchandCornellNotes,use
thebest
informationyoufoundfrom
yoursourcestoansweryourresearchquestions.Followthestepsbelow:
1) mpyandpastethesourcesyouusedforyournotesintotheSourceboxandnumber
eachsource
2) Takethequestionsyouusedduringyourresearchandpasteonequestionintoeachrow
onthelefthandside
3) Answerthequestionsontherighthandsideofthetable(providesourcenumbersfor
whereyoufoundyouranswers)
4) Figureoutwhatyouandyourgroupstillneedstolearnandresearchmoreaboutand
whatnewquestionsyouhave.

Mr.RutherfordsExample:

Sources
1)
http://education.nationalgeographic.org/activity/technologyandcontrolancientrom
e/
2)
http://rome.mrdonn.org/achievements.html
3)
http://rome.mrdonn.org/romanroads.html
4)
http://www.knowtheromans.co.uk/Categories/SubCatagories/Inventions/
5)
http://www.history.com/news/historylists/10innovationsthatbuiltancientrome
6)
http://www.historyforkids.net/romanscience.html
7)
http://www.scientiareview.org/pdfs/258.pdf
8)
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_roman_engineering.php
9)
http://www.ngkids.co.uk/history/10factsabouttheancientRomans
10)
http://www.dkfindout.com/us/history/ancientrome/

QuestionsandAnswers:
1)Whatinventions/innovations TheRomansinventedandinnovatedaqueducts,roads,arches,
didtheancientRomans
amphitheatersandconcrete.(Sources1,3,5)TheRomansalso
create?
inventedandinnovatedsewersystemsandtheJulianCalendar
(Sources2,4)

Whatdoyoustillneedtolearnmoreabout?
Questionyoustillhave:

HowweretheRomaninventionsbuilt?
WhatmaterialsdidtheRomansusetobuildthese
inventions

Informationyoustillneedtolearn

Istillneedtolearnmoreabouthowthese
inventionsworkedandwhattheywereusedfor.
Ialsoneedtofindoutthecausesofbuildingthese

inventionsandinnovationsandtheeffectsthese
innovationshadonRomans
.

TheInside
YourWork

Sources
1
http://www.history.com/news/historylists/10innovationsthatbuiltancientrome

2
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_roman_engineering.php

3
http://media.education.nationalgeographic.com/assets/file/Roman_Technology_Gallery_Walk.pdf

QuestionsandAnswers:
Questions

Answers(Source#)

1.
WhatdidtheAncientRomans
inventtosurvive?

TheycreatedaqueductsandRomanroadsandarches,sewersystem
,TheycreatedBridges,andconcrete.tomakethebridgesandthe
aqueducts

2.
Howweretheinventionsmade?

Theybuiltaqueductswithstoneandconcreteandtheyputthemontop
ofarchestheyweremadeoutofconcretetheyusewoodtobuildthe
arches.Roadswerepavedusingtoolsandamixtureofconcrete,sand,
rocks,gravel.

3.
WhydidtheRomansmake
theseinventions?

TheRomansneedaccesstofreshwaterfromplacesthatwerefaraway
suchasmountainsandsprings.Arches.Archeswereusedtomake
bridgesandaqueductsstronger.Roadsweremadeforthemilitaryand
safereasiertravel.

4.
Whatwastheeffectofthese
inventions?

TheaqueductshelpedtheRomansgetaccesstofreshwaterfromfar
awayplaceslikethemountainsintothecity.TheRoads/highways
helpedtheRomansbyallowingthemilitarytohavequickerandeasier
accesstopatroltheEmpire.Roads/highwaysalsohelpedtheRomans
bymakingtravelingmoresafeandquickwhichhelpedtheireconomy.
Archeshelpedtheaqueductsstaystrongandholdmorethanitsown
weightwhichtookawaythelargecolumnsthatwerebeingused.
ConcretehelpedtheRomansbuildaqueductsArchesroadsbridges
highway

ADDMOREROWSFORQUESTIONSIFYOUNEEDTO.

Whatdoyoustillneedtolearnmoreabout?

QuestionsIstillhaveInformationIstillneedtolearn
Howweretheinventionsbuilt?
Howlongdidittaketobuildthem?
Whattoolstheyused?
Didtheyhaveanytools?
Whatweaponsdidtheyuse?
Whatdidtheybuildandusetofinshit?

AqueductsRoadsandtheroadwerevery
importanttotheCivilizationbecausethey
needFreshwater.

Aqueductswereimportantforthewater
sewerandformovingthewatertothe
cities.

BridgeshelpRomanwithTravelplaceto
anotherplaceacrosswaterandthewater
wasveryfare
Itwasover3700feetlong

and62feethigh.

Source:
http://www.teachingid
eas.co.uk/sites/defaul
t/files/romanroad.gif
.

http://rikkihonors9.we
ebly.com/howtoguid
eonbuildingancient
romanaqueducts.htm
l

WhatdidIfindout?

WhatdidIfindout?

1.)Roadswerebuiltbydiggingahole
firstandlayeringitwithstones,then
theyputcement,pebblesandsand
tomakeasolidbase.Thenextlayer
iscementmixedwithbrokentiles.
Thencomesthetighltyfittedpaved
stoneswhichformedthesurface.
Lastly,kerbstoneswereplacedto
holdthepavingandmadeachannel
forwaterrunoff.(source#1)

1.)Ifoundoutthestepsthe
Romansneededtobuildroads.
TheyneededSlopeEverything
wasdonewithgravitysohaving
anuphillslopewasimpossible.

2.)Ifoundoutthestepsthe
Romansneededtobuild
Aqueducts
Axes
Lat:
ascia
,
dolabra
,
SecurisAdzesLat:asciaChisels

2.)Step#1Findthesourceofthe

waterandthedeposit.
Step#2
Calculatetheslopeand
directionofpipesthroughthe
landscape.
Step#3
Figureoutinwhich
placestherewouldneedtunnels,
siphons,andbridges(alsocalled
arcades).
step#4Startthediggingand

andgougesLat:scalprum
Drills(terebra),bitsBowandStrap
typeLathestornusSaws(serra)
Frame,buck,keyhole,etc.Planes
Lat:runcinaandFilesandRelief
ofaFurnitureShopCapitoline
Museums,RomeandlastPriolo
ReliefCelioRelief

building.(source#2)