TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Naturally Disastrous
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,...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Flooding
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What causes floods, their effects, and how to protect yourself from them.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Flooding
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What causes floods, their effects, and how to protect yourself from them.
Read Works
Read Works: Li Bing and the Flooding
[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.
US Geological Survey
U.s. Geological Survey: Search
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.
Bible Study Tools
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology: The Great Flood
A very technical site with lots of information on the flood.
NASA
Floods: Using Satellites to Keep Our Heads Above Water
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.
Other
Amen Site:what Does Genesis Say About the Genesis Flood?
This site features a word study and look at the Genesis Flood.
Science Struck
Science Struck: A Complete List of Natural Disasters
Explains what a natural disaster is and provides a list of every type along with a short description of each.
Teachers.net
Teachers.net Lesson: Natural Disaster Bloom's Taxonomy
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.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Water, Water Everywhere
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...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Protect My Home!
Students create a model using materials to build a barrier or protective wall to prevent your home from flooding during a storm surge.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Understanding Tsunamis
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.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Climate Change Boosting Flood and Drought
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.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Water Resources Engineering
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...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Earth Science for Kids: Tsunamis
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.
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: Noah's Ark
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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: I Site: Wild Weather
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart from New Zealand looks at extreme weather conditions from tornadoes to floods, their causes and effects.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Changes in Habitats
[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...
Bible.org
Genesis: From Paradise to Patriarchs: The Flood (Genesis 6:9 8 :22)
This resource presents a Biblical study of the Flood.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Weather Hurricanes
[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!
Curated OER
Nasa: Web Weather for Kids: Weather Safety
This resource has safety suggestions for floods, hurricanes, thunderstorm and cold weather.