Link: Traveling Trunks Floodplain Management Learning Tool
Description: In this program students will conduct an investigation to determine the locations of rivers and watershed areas on an island model of their own creation; design an investigation to test the effects of different substrates on water runoff; interpret data in order to analyze the impact of different substrates on water runoff, and relate that information to real-world events; analyze aerial maps in order to determine how land use has changed over time; create and justify the reasoning for a model community based on data regarding water runoff trends; and create a public service announcement. Includes classroom activity titled "Floods and Floodplains Management 'Water We Going to Do?'"
Flood Type: Riverine flooding, Flash flooding
Grades: 6-8
Year: Unknown
Author/Creator: Oklahoma Floodplain Managers Association, Inc.
Cost: Free
Education Standard: Yes, see website for details
Training Type: Exercises/Activities
Resource Type: Document, Multimedia
Language: English