Help

First, select a level from the main page:

Beginning if you're in grades 2-4 or if you want a simple look at cracks and dams; this level is also for Kindergarten and 1st graders, but they'll need help with the reading.

Intermediate if you're in grades 5-8

Advanced if you're in grades 9-12

Once inside a level, you can always return to the main Cracking Dams page by clicking on the Cracking Dams image at the top of the page. Clicking on the SimScience logo at the bottom of any page will return you to the main SimScience page.

There are several ways to move around inside a level.

First, there is a side menu at the left-hand side of every page; clicking on any of these choices will take you to a main topic within your level (Beginning, Intermediate, or Advanced).

Second, there are forward and back buttons at the bottom of each page. These buttons will take you to the pages before and after your current page in their sequence. If you hold the cursor over a button, a tag will pop up to tell you where the button will take you. And remember, if you're jumping around, the back button may not take you to the page you were previously on.

Third, one of the choices in the menu is a Site Index. Clicking on this choice will take you to a main index. From there you can move to an index of your level. That will list all the pages on your level and you can move to another page by clinking on one of the links there.

You can also do a Webquest using Cracking Dams. What's a Webquest? Follow the link to find out!

External links will be followed by (#). All links to image and other references are external.

Glossary words will be followed by (*). To see the glossary definition of the word, click on it and another window will open up with the definition.

There are two types of movies on this site: animations and Quicktime movies. You should press the play button to watch the movie. Everyone should be able to watch the animations with no trouble. Quicktime movies require the Quicktime plug-in (#), which you can get for free. Usually if you don't have this plug-in your browser will prompt you to go get it.

The Scenarios and Simulation will be best understood if you have checked out the info on cracks and dams first.

Finally, you'll see the cee icon in various places throughout the site. Cee stands for civil and environmental engineering. Sections of the site that mention things that civil engineers do will be marked with the cee icon.