Flooding in the Houston Area

Introduction

Through the past years Houston has been faced with several natural disasters. More specifically flooding, like; "Memorial Day Flood 2015," "Tax Day Flood 2017," "Memorial Day Flood 2016," "Hurricane Harvey 2017," and "Tropical Storm Imelda 2019." 

Memorial Flood 2015 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hau9pgreIMU

Memorial Day Flood 2016 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKDcXuIGQcQ

Hurricane Harvey 2017 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzQGgyrxXiI

Tropical Storm Imelda 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSOr3Si3xOs&t=12s

 

Task

In this activity you will gather in groups of 3 and will research and prepare a presentation of why flooding happens. (Like land development, erosion, etc.)

When creating your presentation (Prezi, Powtoon, Powerpoint, etc.) think of the following questions? 

Why does flooding occur? 

What changes in the area caused it to flood? 

How can we stop flooding? 

Process

Evaluation

Your presentation will be evaluated based on four components - 

1. Content is creative and delivered creatively. 

2. Ability to present without reading directly from presentation. 

3. The amount of information provided. 

4. Citations are provided. 

Conclusion

The conclusion of this project is to understand how and why flooding is present and steadily increases through the years. What are WE doing? What is the world doing? How do we prepare? 

Credits

All credits are provided through links. 

Teacher Page

by Katelyn Davis 

I hope this web quest provided helps students understand the impacts of flooding and how it occurs.