Water Flows Through the Red River During Flooding (HS)

In this project, we would like to introduce the concepts of riverine systems and flooding to K‐12 students
such as tributary, snowpack, filtration, watershed/catchment/basin, flow discharge, peak flood,
inundation map.

objectives

In this project, we will demonstrate how students can identify the components of a watershed and a
riverine system. Students will learn the concepts by posing hypothesis and interacting with models of
riverine systems.

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Topic(s)

Earth science, watersheds, riverine systems, flodding

type

High school lesson from Sunday Academy

9-12

Grade(s):

time needed

6 hours

author

Trung Bao Le

national next gen standards

north dakota standards

MS‐ET1‐4

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