K-12 Flood Education Resources
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American Society for Engineering Education resourcesAuthor: eGFI
Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Summary: Resources from the American Society for Engineering Education for classroom teachers. Includes lesson plans, class activities, outreach programs, and web resources. Searching for "flood" on the site returns results for coastal flooding and natural disaster resilience. Lessons are broken down by grade level, topic, and type of resource.
Keywords: Coastal flooding, Flooding
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Children's Literature on Floods and Natural DisastersDate: 1993
Author: Lynn Blinn Pike, Ph. D.
Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Summary: Collection of books on flooding organized by grade level. Created in 1993.
Keywords: Flooding, Riverine flooding, Coastal flooding, Flash flooding, Stormwater, Urban flooding
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Extreme Weather and EstuariesAuthor: NOAA
Note: Grades: 9-12
Summary: In this activity, students investigate how hurricanes can affect estuaries and coastal communities. Students begin by studying the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve in the Cape Fear area using Google Maps and predicting which areas of the reserve might be more vulnerable to the onslaught of high winds, heavy rain, and storm surge than others. Finally, they monitor and interpret the changes in water quality factors day by day as a severe storm approaches, strikes the estuary, and then dissipates.
Keywords: Hurricane, Storm surge
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Green Infrastructure Protective Services AnimationAuthor: NOAA
Note: Grades: 6-8, 9-12
Summary: This simple video explains green infrastructure—what it is and how it protects communities from coastal storm impacts. The video also provides information about actions communities can take to reap the benefits from this nature-based storm protection technique.
Keywords: Water resources management
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K-12 Curriculum: Great Lakes in My WorldDate: 2017
Author: Alliance for the Great Lakes
Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Summary: Our elementary/middle school curriculum covers lakes, sand dunes, wetlands, human communities, history and geology. The 480-page book includes 80 lesson plans, assessment rubrics, student journal pages, Creature Cards featuring 66 Great Lakes plants and animals, and a CD with additional resources. Our high school curriculum focuses on Great Lakes coastal habitats. The 169-page book includes 17 lesson plans, assessment rubrics, student journal pages, Creature Cards featuring 66 Great Lakes plants and animals, and a USB flash drive with additional resources.
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NOVA EducationAuthor: NOVA
Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Summary: Teacher videos, interactive activities, lesson plans,and webinars related to many scientific areas including flooding.
Keywords: Flooding, Riverine flooding, Coastal flooding, Stormwater, Levee failure/breach, Hurricane, Tsunami, Dam failure, Urban flooding
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A Student's guide to Global Climate ChangeDate: 2016
Author: United States.
Note: Grades: 3-6, 6-8, 9-12
Summary: Interactive website with resources for teachers and students related to climate change.
Keywords: Coastal flooding
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A Teachers Guide to Monmouth County's High Water Mark InitiativeAuthor: New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium
Note: Grades: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Summary: In an effort to make residents aware of flood risks and encourage them to take action to reduce risk, many of Monmouth County’s coastal communities are participating in the Monmouth County High Water Mark Initiative. Through this initiative the County and its partners have recently placed nearly 100 high water mark signs throughout 14 towns and 2 federal sites. These signs mark flood height locations from past severe storm events including Superstorm Sandy. This guide is intended to help you and your students understand the importance of signs and provide you with some classroom tools you can use to teach your students what to do before, during, and after major storms, why storm surge and floods happen, and what can be done to prevent or lessen storm impacts in the future.
Keywords: Coastal flodding, Storm surge, Hurricane
Continue to Website- Understanding Sea Level Using Real Data
Author: NOAA Ocean Data Education Project
Note: Grades: 6-8
Summary: Scientists know that sea level is rising, and that we experience some of these impacts as more frequent and intense storm surge and coastal flooding events. Using data from NOAA’s satellites and coastal stations, you will do the analysis to see sea level changing. Explore our Sea Level activity and download our Teacher’s Guide.
Keywords: Coastal flooding
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