For our third lesson, the students will begin their block of natural disasters. The first natural disaster they are going to study are flash floods. This lesson provides the students on information of how rain is formed and how floods occur. In this lesson, the students will be using such sites as:
The students are going to research information about rain formation and how floods occur on the Internet. After the students have found the information they needed, the students will then type up a half-page paper on how rain forms and how floods occur. The students will print out their papers and hand them to me. The students will then research about famous floods that occurred throughout history such as, the 1953 flood disaster in the Netherlands. The students will read the articles on these sites just to see how floods can be a major disaster to people's lives and the earth itself.
After that, the students will then go to this site:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDtBby7lJX0. The students will watch this video to see what an actual flash flood looks like. I will have a discussion with the students to get their input on how they would feel if a flash flood occurred in their town.
There will be a lesson extension that deals with rain. The lesson extension will be a rain experiment to show students how rain forms. The students will have groups of two. The students will be given a glass jar, plate, two index cards for each student, ice cubes, and hot water. The students will pour approximately two inches of hot water into the glass jar. The students will then cover the jar with the plate and wait a few minutes before they start the next step. Lastly, the students will put the ice cubes on the plate. The students will write down on the index card on what happens after the students put the ice cubes on the plate. The students will hand in their index cards to me. I will read their answers to see if they understand the concept of rain formation.
The point of my whole lesson is to make sure the students understand how rain forms and how floods occur. I will also observe how the students locate information on the Internet and how well the students work with a partner during the rain experiment. Hopefully, the students will have no troubles finding information on the sites I will give them and have no troubles with the experiment. If you have any questions or comments regarding this lesson, please e-mail, call, or leave a comment.
Miss Bennett
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