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eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Cool Facts and Tips on Flooding

For Students 4th - 7th
Explains what floods are, what causes them, the different types, areas that are susceptible to them, the impact they have, how to be prepared for them and stay safe afterwards, and how they can be prevented.
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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.
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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.
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Other

Denver Museum of Nature and Science: Colorado's Forces of Nature

For Students 9th - 10th
Students examine Colorado's forces of nature. Some topics explored are tornadoes, floods, blizzards, and windstorms. Images and video clips are included.
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Geographypods

Geographypods: Hazards and Risk Management: Tropical Storms

For Students 11th - 12th
This learning module looks at tropical storms. It explains the characteristics of a tropical storm, how they form, how they are predicted, and their frequency. Includes student tasks, graphs, videos, and an interactive animation of...
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EL Education

El Education: Earth, Wind and Fire

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Third grade students at World of Inquiry, School #58 created this set of cards as part of an expedition on natural disasters. To create their card, each student researched and wrote a descriptive summary on a specific natural event; each...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Floodplain Modeling

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore the impact of changing river volumes and different floodplain terrain in experimental trials with table top-sized riverbed models. The models are made using modeling clay in aluminum baking pans placed on a slight...
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Flood Myths

For Students 9th - 10th
This unit focuses on myths regarding flood stories and the common elements within them. Read various myths from around the world and test your knowledge of flood myths by completing the crossword puzzle.
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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.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Permeable Pavement

For Teachers 4th - 7th
In this activity, students investigate how different riparian ground covers, such as grass and pavement, affect river flooding. They learn about permeable and impermeable materials through the measurement how much water is absorbed by...
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Other

Watersheds.org: A Stream Table Makes a Miniature Stream

For Students 9th - 10th
See a stream table being made and learn what a real stream does to the land.
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NBC

Msnbc: In Receding Floodwaters, More Damage Found

For Students 9th - 10th
September, 2005, report of the aftermath of Hurricane Rita including damage, fatalities, impact on the oil industry, and rescue missions.
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Other

Lambert Dolphin's Library: Facts on Noah's Ark

For Students 9th - 10th
This webpage explores the facts surrounding Noah's Ark as specified in the Bible. Content includes a focus on the design of the Ark, its size, its construction, its cargo, its final resting place, and the spiritual meaning of the Ark....
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University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: Volcanic Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
A resource to help understand how volcanoes work and how the can affect their surroundings.
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Michigan Technological University

Up Seis: What Are Earthquake Hazards?

For Students 9th - 10th
Earthquakes really pose little direct danger to a person. People can't be shaken to death by an earthquake. Some movies show scenes with the ground suddenly opening up and people falling into fiery pits, but this just doesn't happen in...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: James Joyce Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson plans, handouts, and other resources for teaching James Joyce's Dubliners and other works to students.
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NASA

Nasa: Our Restless Planet

For Students 9th - 10th
This animation library is a great resource for a diverse list of earth science topics including: tsunamis, land subsidence, magnetic fields, volcanoes earthquakes, floods, and sea level changes.
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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.
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Other

Virtual Courseware Project: Geology Labs on Line: Virtual River

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about river processes like discharge, flooding, flood frequency, erosion, and deposition in this interactive tutorial. Tutorial includes interactive exercises and assessments.
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Habitats: Wetlands

For Students 3rd - 8th
Wetland ecosystems are extremely valuable to wildlife, supporting a greater number of animals than any other type of habitat. Wetlands also absorb flood waters; filter chemicals, sediments, and other impurities out of drinking water;...
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Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy Pioneers: Edwin Laurentine Drake

For Students 3rd - 8th
A profile of Edwin Laurentine Drake (1819 -1880), the first man to successfully obtain oil from the ground by drilling in 1859. His invention of the drive pipe stopped flooding and cave-ins, and revolutionized the oil industry.

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