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Using Demonstration Storms to Prepare for Extreme Rainfall
Provided by: NOAA |Published on: July 13, 2023
Articles/Websites Grades 9-12, ap-college
Synopsis
- This article examines how to use previous catastrophic events (like the 2008 Baraboo River storm in Wisconsin) to project the effects of similar events in other locations.
- It describes how this tool was used to asses the vulnerability and risks of a similar flooding event in Madison, WI from the Yahara River.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: NOAA, U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
Region: North America, USA - Midwest, United States, Wisconsin, WI - Capital (CESA 2), WI - Driftless (CESA 3, 4)
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This article has a references list with clickable links.
- This article does a good job of showing the monetary cost of extreme floods.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students should understand how climate change can lead to more extreme floods.
- Students should know about NOAA and what this organization does.
Differentiation
- This article could enhance a lesson on how humans are causing climate change, how this change is impacting the planet, and what can be done to combat climate change.
- This article could support a lesson on how societies, governments, and institutions are responding to the climate crisis and its resulting natural disasters.
- This article could augment a classroom discussion on how governments could focus on both adapting to climate change and reducing the causes.
- This article could supplement a classroom discussion about communities around the world that are most vulnerable to extreme flooding events.
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