K-12 Flood Education Resources
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Activities for Children: Clark County Regional Flood Control DistrictNote: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Summary: Lessons on flash flooding, videos, and flood related games
Keywords: Flash Flooding, Flooding
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Alaska Tsunami Education ProgramDate: 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
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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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Boulder 2017 Flood MuralDate: 2017
Author: City of Boulder
Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Keywords: 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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Coping After a DisasterDate: 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
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Disaster Detectives Activity BookAuthor: 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
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Disaster Preparedness Coloring BookDate: 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
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Discover Floods Educator's GuideDate: 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
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Don't Flood the FidgitsDate: 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
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Earth ForceAuthor: 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
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Flood Education Resources - Fort CollinsAuthor: 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
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Flood Fighter: NevadaDate: 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
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Flood Safety Poster ContestDate: 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
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Flood Safety VideoAuthor: The Hero in You Foundation
Note: Grades: kinder-2
Keywords: Flooding
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FloodingAuthor: 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
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Focus on FloodsDate: 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
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High Water Mark InitiativeAuthor: 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
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Johnstown Flood MuseumAuthor: 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
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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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Learning LabAuthor: 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
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Learning Resources - National Severe Storms LaboratoryAuthor: 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
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Lesson Plans - National Education FoundationAuthor: 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
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Mickey and Friends Disaster Preparedness Activity BookAuthor: Disney
Note: Grades Kinder-2, 3-5
Summary: Digital activity book that has puzzles , activities, and games related to natural hazards.
Keywords: Flooding
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National Mississippi River Museum and AquariumAuthor: 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
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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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Operation Water FestivalAuthor: 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
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Owlie SkywarnDate: 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
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Precipitation EducationAuthor: 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
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Prepare with PedroAuthor: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5
Summary: Coloring book with information about disasters and emergencies.
Keywords: Flooding
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Ready KidsDate: 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
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Rising Water - Beware and PrepareDate: 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
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Sam The Disaster Horse - Flood SafetyAuthor: Warmke, Jennifer V.
Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5
Summary: Flood safety coloring book featuring "Sam the disaster horse".
Keywords: Flooding
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Sheriff Hank Highwater's Flood Safety Fun PageAuthor: 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
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Stormtalkers Education Program - Stormwater ManagementDate: 2017
Author: Arlington, TX Stormwater Management Division
Note: Grades: Kinder-2, 3-5, 6-8
Keywords: Stormwater
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TeacherVisionAuthor: 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
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Tsunami Curriculum: Move to high ground K-6Author: 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
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Tsunamis and Floods ActivitiesAuthor: 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
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USGS Education Resources for TeachersAuthor: 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
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The USGS Water Science SchoolDate: 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
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Ward's Stormwater Floodplain Simulation SystemAuthor: 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
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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
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