The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency has developed this site so that young students can learn about various disasters, what to do during and before them, and what causes them. Here's an interactive lesson for students in grades 3-10 about flash floods and other types of floods. Topics include identifying different types of floods, preparing for a flood, flood watches and warnings. A teacher's guide is included as are a student assignment and quiz. This web site is a companion to a Nova program on the flooding of the upper Mississippi flood plain in 1993.
Students can read how people dealt with the deluge and learn the benefits of a flood.
A teacher's guide is available. Newton's Apple, a public television production, provides student activities so that they can better understand floods and their control. What To Do Before and After Advice from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation on the precautions one can take before a flood and what one can do afterwards to repair damages. Flood Stories From Around the World Story legends about floods organized by region of the world. In this lesson plan, grade 6-12 students research severe weather conditions common to their geographic location and create weather emergency guides for extreme weather conditions such as tornadoes, floods, blizzards, thunderstorms and hurricanes.