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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Flood Analysis

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students learn how to use and graph real-world stream gage data to create hydrographs and calculate flood frequency statistics. They also learn how hydrographs help engineers make decisions and recommendations to community stakeholders...
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Practical Action

Practical Action: Beat the Flood

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Flooding due to climate change can have a devastating effect on people's lives. Set on the fictitious island of Watu, pupils explore how STEM skills can be used to help communities be better prepared for flooding. Students will work as a...
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Geographypods

Geographypods: Freshwater: Issues and Conflicts: Drainage Basins and Flooding

For Students 11th - 12th
In this learning module, students learn how a watershed or drainage basin functions and the impact of human activities on them. Also covers groundwater, stream discharge, hydrographs, and the 2010 floods in Pakistan. Includes rich...
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Other

Johnstown Area Heritage Association: Flood Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the heritage of Johnstown, and find pictures and facts about the historic 1889 flood.
Primary
Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Deucalion's Flood and the Creation of the New Human Race

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this Greek Mythology story of the destruction of the earth by flood. Try comparing it to the story of Noah's Ark from the Bible.
Article
The Guardian

Guardian: Quake Torn Haiti Hit by Floods

For Students 9th - 10th
Guardian correspondent Rory Carroll discusses the widespread flooding in Haiti following the earthquake that hit the country in January 2010. (March 1, 2010)
Website
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Fatal Flood

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource is a companion site to a documentary about a major flooding of the Mississippi River in 1927, where in Greenville, Mississippi, efforts to contain the river pitted the majority black population against an aristocratic...
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.
Handout
NOAA

Noaa: The Great Usa Flood of 1993

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting abstract about the flood that hit the Midwest in 1993, one of the worst floods in United States History. Find out why the flood occurred, the damage, maps of the damage, charts, graphs, and statistics.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Earth Science Floods

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about floods. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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.
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Ready

Ready: Kids: Floods

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource explains floods, as well as what you should do to protect yourself before, during, and after a flood.
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.
Lesson Plan
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Flood Chances

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students test the hypothesis that a 100-year flood happens once every hundred years, learning how the probability of a flood does not mean that floods happen at regular intervals.
Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Flooding Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand many aspects of flooding using this study guide.
Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Flood!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore how flooding can be caused be soil's ability to contain water.
Website
NASA

Nasa: Sci Jinks: What Can Cause Severe Flooding?

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how destructive flooding can be. See some of the results of flooding.
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.
Website
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Emergency Preparedness & Response: Floods

For Students 9th - 10th
Doing a report on floods? Wrap it up by telling what people can do to be prepared and safe after a flood occurs. These short articles explain the precautions that should be taken with drinking water, food, sanitation, hygiene, and animals.
Handout
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Flood Safety

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides the safety guidelines for floods.
Handout
US Geological Survey

U.s. Geological Survey: Floods and Flood Plains

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed report on floods and flood plains. Facts about weather patterns, zoning restrictions, and dams and levees are given along with diagrams and photos.
Unit Plan
Idaho State University

Idaho State University: Environmental Geology: Rivers and Flooding

For Students 9th - 10th
Recognize what physical characteristics create rivers on Earth's surface. Identify where floods occur and what makes them happen.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Newshour Extra: What Is a Flood Plain?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will view flooding situations and hypothesize how much risk they are in their homes and schools. They will also estimate the expense of living through a flood and compare the price to the cost of repairing damage due to flooding.
Handout
US Geological Survey

Us Geological Survey:stream Gaging and Flood Forecasting [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S. Geological Survey and the National Weather Service work together to provide information at this site about floods. The site talks about two main topics on floods, stream gaging and flood forecasting.

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