What the River Said: Reconciliation After Floods
This curriculim was the result of a grant awarded by The Lake Champlain Basin Program. Its aim was to increase awareness, knowledge, skills and commitment to the Lamoille Watershed with students directly impacted by recent flooding (the flooding of 2023 was the topic of discussion, but the curriculum could be applied to Vermont flooding in general).
The program presentes hands-on learning activities to better understand the science of flooding: the how and why it happens. It explores changes we can make to mitigate the effects of future flooding and how we can plan smarter to reduce devastation. And finally, increase understanding about why it matters and why they should care about flood resiliency. Students will be able to make connections to their own experiences as Vermont experienced recent flooding, and will experience more flooding in the future.
Activities Include
- Science Demonstrations
- Group Discussion Prompts & Activities
- Vocabulary
- Engineering
- Movement Games
- Art
- Writing
Next Generation Science Standards
- 3-LS43: Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some can survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
- 3-LS4-4 Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
- 3-ESS3-1 Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather related hazard.
- 4-ESS3-2 Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
- 3-5-ETS1-1 Define a simple design problem reflecting need or want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
- 3-5-ETS1-2 Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
- 3-Ps2-2 Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
- 3-LS4-4 Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change
Common Core Literacy
Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.