Flood Curves Lecture Tutorial part of Teaching Methods:Lecture Tutorials:Examples
Jessica Smay, San Jose City College; Karen Kortz, Community College of Rhode Island
This Lecture Tutorial worksheet guides students through thinking about the effects humans have on infiltration, and how that effects the duration and severity of floods. It is designed to be used in groups after a brief lecture introducing surface and ground water flow into a stream.

Flood Recurrence Intervals part of Environmental Geology:Activities
Norlene Emerson, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
This lab activity has students use stream discharge data obtained from the USGS Water Resources Division web site in order to calculate recurrence intervals for a local stream. Using the recurrence data generated, ...

Investigating flood hazard mitigation via a role-playing case-study in Brays Bayou, TX part of Teaching Activities
Wayana Dolan, US Geological Survey; Megan Plenge, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
In this place-based role-playing activity, students evaluate flood hazard, risk, and vulnerability to make community-focused recommendations for flood mitigation in Brays Bayou, Texas. The activity is designed to ...

Analyzing your Hometown Stream using On-line USGS NWIS Data part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Laurel Goodell, Princeton University
Students analyze discharge records of streams or rivers of interest to them using on-line USGS NWIS data.

Floods on the Minnesota River part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Ben Laabs, North Dakota State University-Main Campus
Students download and manipulate data from historical floods on the Minnesota River (could be done for any river) and use to establish a flood hazard zone for St. Peter, Minnesota. This lab was developed by ...

River Flooding and Erosion part of Urban Geology:Activities
Bill Dupre, University of Houston-University Park
Students take a real-life situation (river flooding and erosion), use real flood and map data, and make predictions and recommendations as to what to do to help alleviate the problem.

Using GIS to Map Emergency Response to Municipal Flooding part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Activities
Mary Anne Carletta, Georgetown College
Using GIS to Map Emergency Response to Municipal Flooding

Coastal Flooding Assessment part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
Eric Grosfils, Pomona College
Eric B. Grosfils, Pomona College Summary Students are introduced to Spatial Analyst and 3D Analyst, and use these tools to perform a flooding analysis for the Long Beach area of California. Context Type and level ...

Rivers: Short In-class Activity part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Interactive Lectures:Examples
Heather Macdonald, College of William and Mary
Images of the James River in Virginia, including one at flood stage, and of potholes, all of which can be used to have the students make observations, estimates, and interpretations. -

Flood Recurrence CogSketch geoscience worksheet part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Bridget Garnier
Sketching activity that uses a sketch-understanding program, CogSketch. This worksheet has students determine and plot the extent of a 100-year flood onto a map and determine which houses could be affected.