K-12 Flood Education Resources

Grade Level

Flood Type

SHOW ALL RESULTS CLEAR RESULTS

Results

Activities for Children: Clark County Regional Flood Control District
Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Summary: Lessons on flash flooding, videos, and flood related games

Keywords: Flash Flooding, Flooding

Continue to Website
Alaska Tsunami Education Program
Date: 2010

Author: Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Summary: The Alaska Tsunami Education Program blends Alaska Native knowledge and science instruction. Hands-on, standard-aligned classroom lessons, interactive multimedia, and mapping projects for grades K through 12 give students an opportunity to learn the science of tsunamis in a culturally relevant context. The program was funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

Keywords: Tsunami

Continue to Website
American Society for Engineering Education resources
Author: 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

Continue to Website
Boulder 2017 Flood Mural
Date: 2017

Author: City of Boulder

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Keywords: Flooding

Continue to Website
Children's Literature on Floods and Natural Disasters
Date: 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

Continue to Website
Cool Flood Ready Kids Let's Keep Safe and be Flood Ready!
Date: 2017

Author: Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5

Summary: Hey Kids, Be a Cool Flood Ready Kid. Let’s learn the facts about floods! When you’re done, take the quiz- if you pass then you become an official disaster blaster kid. If you don’t, no worries, just read about floods here on the Cool Flood Ready Kids’ page and take the quiz again.

Keywords: Extreme weather event, Tsunami, Levee failue/breach, Flash flooding

Continue to Website
Coping After a Disaster
Date: 2018

Author: Center for Disease Control

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-6

Summary: Coloring and activity book designed to teach kids how to cope after a disaster

Keywords: Flooding, Tsunamis, Hurricane, Natural disasters, Extreme weather event

Continue to Website
Disaster Detectives Activity Book
Author: Ohio EMA

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5

Summary: This activity book is intended to help children learn about the natural disasters that affect Ohio: floods, winter storms, tornadoes and earthquakes. Each page is a different puzzle that teaches your child safety precautions to take in the event of a natural disaster.

Keywords: Flooding

Continue to Website
Disaster Preparedness Coloring Book
Date: 1993

Author: Federal Emergency Management Agency

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5

Summary: Coloring book with information about natural disasters, including floods.

Keywords: Riverine flooding, Flash flooding

Continue to Website
Discover Floods Educator's Guide
Date: 2011

Author: Project Wet Foundation

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Summary: This valuable resource helps educators teach students about both the risks and benefits of flooding through a series of engaging, hands-on activities. Acknowledging the different roles that floods play in both natural and urban communities, the book helps young people gain a global understanding of this common--and sometimes dangerous--natural phenomena that affects hundred of millions of people around the world each year.

Keywords: Flooding

Continue to Website
Don't Flood the Fidgits
Date: 2017

Author: PBS Kids

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5

Summary: Online game where participants build a city and attempt to make it flood safe.

Keywords: Flooding

Continue to Website
Earth Force
Author: Earth Force

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Summary: Earth Force has developed a project-based learning approach that engages young people as active citizens who improve the environment and their communities. We deliver the program by providing middle school educators with the training and support they need to create an engaging, hands-on classroom that empowers students to solve environmental problems. Via Earth Force, over 25,000 young people per year design and implement projects that reflect issues they care about and their desire to address a local environmental issue, gaining hands-on experience by applying what they have learned in the classroom to real-world situations.

Keywords: Stormwater, Flooding

Continue to Website
Flood Education Resources - Fort Collins
Author: City of Fort Collins Utilities

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8

Summary: Summary of flood education programs available from Fort Collins, CO as well as flood related activities

Keywords: Flooding

Continue to Website
Flood Fighter: Nevada
Date: 2014

Author: Nevada Silver Jackets Team

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5

Summary: Downloadable game that teaches about emergency planning and flood scenarios.

Keywords: Flooding

Continue to Website
Flood Safety Poster Contest
Date: 2017

Author: Austin, TX Watershed Protection Department

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8

Summary: A contest asking students to create posters illustrating "Save Yourself! Turn Around - Don't Drown." Flooding is Austin's top weather- related emergency and the number-one cause of weather related fatalities.

Keywords: Flooding

Continue to Website
Flood Safety Video
Author: The Hero in You Foundation

Note: Grades: kinder-2

Keywords: Flooding

Continue to Website
Flooding
Author: Practical Action

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Summary: Ideas for lessons and activities together with supporting images, videos and web links suitable for a KS1 and 2 project on flooding. The videos contain powerful images of how the lives of some children in developing countries revolve around extreme weather conditions which can be caused by climate change. Topics include: "Preparing for Flooding"; "Reasons for Flooding"; "After a Flood"; and "Impact of Flooding".

Keywords: Flooding

Continue to Website
Focus on Floods
Date: 2012

Author: The Nurture Nature Center

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5

Summary: Educational DVD-ROMs along with coloring pages, worksheets and interactive resources.

Keywords: Flooding

Continue to Website
High Water Mark Initiative
Author: Federal Emergency Management Agency

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Summary: Various activities were designed to target different grade levels and to complement math, science, and reasoning skills that are already being emphasized in each grade.

Keywords: Extreme weather event

Continue to Website
Johnstown Flood Museum
Author: Johnstown Area Heritage Association

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Summary: Website for the Johnstown Flood Museum. Contains information about the Johnstown flood and has information about school tours and museum educational materials

Keywords: Dam failure, Flooding

Continue to Website
K-12 Curriculum: Great Lakes in My World
Date: 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.

Continue to Website
Learning Lab
Author: Center for Green Schools

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Summary: The Center for Green Schools at USGBC has K12 educational materials from several partner organizations (EcoRise, Nature Conservancy, NEED, etc.) hosted on our Learning Lab online curriculum platform. You can search by topic, and one of the topics is water.

Keywords: Urban flooding

Continue to Website
Learning Resources - National Severe Storms Laboratory
Author: National Severe Storms Laboratory

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Summary: Resources for educators and students focused on severe weather. Includes coloring sheets, trading cards, worksheets, and resources.

Keywords: Tsunami, Hurricane, Flooding

Continue to Website
Lesson Plans - National Education Foundation
Author: National Education Foundation

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Summary: Collection of lesson plans hosted by the National Education Association. Various authors. Browse by grade level, subject or keyword.

Keywords: Flooding

Continue to Website
Mickey and Friends Disaster Preparedness Activity Book
Author: Disney

Note: Grades Kinder-2, 3-5

Summary: Digital activity book that has puzzles , activities, and games related to natural hazards.

Keywords: Flooding

Continue to Website
National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium
Author: National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Summary: Website for the museum. The museum also offers outreach programs, camps, and school programs.

Keywords: Riverine flooding

Continue to Website
NOVA Education
Author: 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

Continue to Website
Operation Water Festival
Author: Keep it Clean Partnership

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Summary: Each year around 1,200 Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) 5th grade students attend a Water Festival held in Boulder. Operation Water Festival is a fun, hands-on way for students to discover how drinking water is treated, learn how to protect and conserve our water, experience the history, geology, geography and science of water, and encounter the diverse plants and animals that rely on water for survival. Festival activities include a student and teacher unit on flooding titled "Flood Forces".

Keywords: Flooding

Continue to Website
Owlie Skywarn
Date: 2017

Author: NOAA

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5

Summary: Owlie Skywarn is the National Weather Service's go-to Owl for weather science and safety information. Have fun learning about weather science with Owlie!

Keywords: Riverine flooding, Flash flooding, Extreme weather event

Continue to Website
Precipitation Education
Author: NASA

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Summary: Videos, interactive resources, articles, and lesson plans on precipitation. Browse by resource type and grade level.

Keywords: Riverine flooding, Flash Flooding

Continue to Website
Prepare with Pedro
Author: Federal Emergency Management Agency

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5

Summary: Coloring book with information about disasters and emergencies.

Keywords: Flooding

Continue to Website
Ready Kids
Date: 2019

Author: Federal Emergency Management Agency

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5. 6-8, 9-12

Summary: Disasters happen everywhere, and every member of the family can prepare. Preparedness for the future starts today. Whether you’re a kid or teen yourself, a parent or loved one, or work with youth, Ready Kids has tools and information to help before, during and after disasters.

Keywords: Flooding

Continue to Website
Rising Water - Beware and Prepare
Date: 2017

Author: South Dakota Office of Emergency Management

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5

Summary: Read about how Tommy the Turtle and Buzz the Bee prepare for bad weather in their flood book "Rising Water - Beware and Prepare". Narrated by Tommy the Turtle

Keywords: Riverine flooding, Dam failure, Flash flooding

Continue to Website
Sam The Disaster Horse - Flood Safety
Author: Warmke, Jennifer V.

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5

Summary: Flood safety coloring book featuring "Sam the disaster horse".

Keywords: Flooding

Continue to Website
Sheriff Hank Highwater's Flood Safety Fun Page
Author: Pima County Regional Flood Control District

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5

Summary: Sheriff Hank Highwater welcomes you to his webpage! There are lots of fun things to do and cool facts about water and our desert world. Downloadable coloring book, photos, games, craft projects, video, and web links related to flooding in the desert.

Keywords: Flash flooding, Riverine flooding

Continue to Website
Stormtalkers Education Program - Stormwater Management
Date: 2017

Author: Arlington, TX Stormwater Management Division

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8

Keywords: Stormwater

Continue to Website
TeacherVision
Author: TeacherVision

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Summary: TeacherVision provides professionally curated teaching materials that integrate future-ready skills into existing curriculum. he site covers all subjects, can be searched by topic and grade level.

Keywords: Tsunami, Riverine flodding, Extreme weather event

Continue to Website
Tsunami Curriculum: Move to high ground K-6
Author: Washington Military Department/ Emergency Management Division

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8

Summary: PDF document with lesson plans, activities, and information broken down by grade level about tsunamis.

Keywords: Tsunami

Continue to Website
Tsunamis and Floods Activities
Author: Various

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Summary: You might have a hard time picturing these events happening around your neighborhood, but it is always good to be prepared in the case that you might encounter a tsunami or flood. Explore the Tsunami and Floods section of KidsAhead to learn more about tsunamis and floods and how you can protect yourself and others from these deadly natural disasters!

Keywords: Tsunamis, Urban flooding

Continue to Website
USGS Education Resources for Teachers
Author: U S Geological Survey (USGS)

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Summary: The U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Education Resources for Teachers offers over over 130 years of USGS research in the natural sciences in the form of lesson plans and activities, maps, podcasts, online lectures, videos and animations, and much more. Browse ideas for using these resources in elementary, secondary, university, and informal education settings. Select grades "K-6" or "7-12" and select "Floods" from the Table of Contents under the Water topic.

Keywords: Flooding

Continue to Website
The USGS Water Science School
Date: 2017

Author: U S Geological Survey (USGS)

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8

Summary: The U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Water Science School offers information on many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center where you can give opinions and test your water knowledge. Topics include: Water Basics, Water Cycle and Surface Water, which includes discussion and information about flooding. Includes resources for teachers.

Keywords: Flooding

Continue to Website
Ward's Stormwater Floodplain Simulation System
Author: Ward's Science

Note: Grades: Kinder-2,3-5, 6-8

Summary: This physical model system helps students understand the critical role that floodplains play in the life of a watershed and the impact of unplanned development and human activity in key areas through innovative hands-on simulations. Features include: Realistic Recreation with Student-Friendly Features; Kit Features Eight Activities; Detailed User's Guide Included; Large Acrylic Tank Included; and Students Work Together to Find Solutions to Floodplain Issues. Developed for education and outreach in cooperation with the Michigan Stormwater-Floodplain Association, this physical model is being used by state floodplain associations across the country.

Keywords: Riverine flooding, Stormwater

Continue to Website
What if...?
Author: Essex Civil Protection and Emergency Management

Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5

Summary: Website with videos, games, books, and activities related to natural disasters.

Keywords: Flooding

Continue to Website