Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Naturally Disastrous

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to natural disasters, and learn the difference between natural hazards and natural disasters. They discover the many types of natural hazards - avalanche, earthquake, flood, forest fire, hurricane, landslide,...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Flooding

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What causes floods, their effects, and how to protect yourself from them.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Flooding

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What causes floods, their effects, and how to protect yourself from them.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Li Bing and the Flooding

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a man who worked to keep the Min River from flooding. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Website
US Geological Survey

U.s. Geological Survey: Search

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S. Geological Survey offers information for teachers and students interested on Earth Science research. Contains references to general information as well as current research and events.
Website
Bible.org

Noah

For Students 9th - 10th
A site about the covenant that God made with Noah.
Handout
Bible Study Tools

Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology: The Great Flood

For Students 9th - 10th
A very technical site with lots of information on the flood.
Handout
NASA

Floods: Using Satellites to Keep Our Heads Above Water

For Students 9th - 10th
This article describes how scientists use satellite images to try and spot extreme floods. These satellites keep information stored, such as data on hundred-year floods, and try to identify likely flood plains based on that data.
Primary
Other

Amen Site:what Does Genesis Say About the Genesis Flood?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features a word study and look at the Genesis Flood.
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: A Complete List of Natural Disasters

For Students 4th - 8th
Explains what a natural disaster is and provides a list of every type along with a short description of each.
Activity
Teachers.net

Teachers.net Lesson: Natural Disaster Bloom's Taxonomy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Here is a lengthy activity for student to work on while learning about floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes. Students will enjoy researching these disasters and applying what they have learned to a project.
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Water, Water Everywhere

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn about floods, discovering that different types of floods occur from different water sources, but primarily from heavy rainfall. While floods occur naturally and have benefits such as creating fertile farmland, students...
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NOAA

Noaa: Flash Floods

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief online quiz will show you how much you know about flash floods.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Protect My Home!

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students create a model using materials to build a barrier or protective wall to prevent your home from flooding during a storm surge.
Unit Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Understanding Tsunamis

For Students 9th - 10th
Come and learn more about the devastating effects of tsunamis. This site features video segments revealing the devastation tsunamis can cause and how tsunamis are formed.
Website
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Climate Change Boosting Flood and Drought

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, this article deals primarily with the affect on severe weather brought about by climate change. The article also deals with the risk brought about by this severe weather.
Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Water Resources Engineering

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a course on water resources engineering. Webpage includes twenty-eight lectures from a professor at the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning. Lectures vary in length and cover topics like...
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Earth Science for Kids: Tsunamis

For Students 1st - 9th
Investigate tsunamis including what causes them such as earthquakes, where they occur, why they are dangerous, and what happens during a tsunami event on this website.
Handout
New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Noah's Ark

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains the Biblical story of Noah's Ark and its theological implications. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of resource material dated around 1910.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: I Site: Wild Weather

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart from New Zealand looks at extreme weather conditions from tornadoes to floods, their causes and effects.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Changes in Habitats

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A 2nd grade unit on how people and weather can change habitats. Topics include too much and too litter rain (flooding and drought), lightning and fire, and land, water, and air pollution. This flipchart...
Website
Bible.org

Genesis: From Paradise to Patriarchs: The Flood (Genesis 6:9 8 :22)

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a Biblical study of the Flood.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Weather Hurricanes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart describes hurricanes and the processes that come together to create hurricanes. It tells us the right precautions to take if a hurricane is coming our way!
Graphic
Curated OER

Nasa: Web Weather for Kids: Weather Safety

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource has safety suggestions for floods, hurricanes, thunderstorm and cold weather.