Rivers and Flooding Lab
Laurel Senft
, Westchester Community College
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Summary
Understand flooding - why it occurs, how to measure the size and frequency of a flood, the relationship between size and flooding, and how human activity can increase the frequency of flooding events.
Context
Audience
Introductory Geology
Skills and concepts that students must have mastered
None.
How the activity is situated in the course
Two hour lab period.
Goals
Content/concepts goals for this activity
See lab.
Higher order thinking skills goals for this activity
- Manipulating and plotting data
- Drawing conclusions from data
- Critical thinking
Other skills goals for this activity
- Learning how to use Microsoft Excel
Description of the activity/assignment
Understand flooding - why it occurs, how to measure the size and frequency of a flood, the relationship between size and flooding, and how human activity can increase the frequency of flooding events.
Determining whether students have met the goals
Hand in answers.
More information about assessment tools and techniques.Download teaching materials and tips
- Activity Description/Assignment:Rivers and Flooding Lab (Acrobat (PDF) 145kB May25 10)
- Instructors Notes:
- Solution Set:
Other Materials
- Rivers and Flooding Lab Answer Sheet (Acrobat (PDF) 651kB May25 10)
- Rivers and Flooding Lab Prelab Questions (Acrobat (PDF) 44kB May25 10)
