Flood Virtual Expo

This is a streamlined lesson for students to prepare for a Community Resilience Expo, focusing on flood.

Context for Use

This lesson provides a virtual alternative to the HEART Force Expo curriculum.

Shoveling mud out of the store room in Scotty's Castle Visitor Center. NPS.

Shoveling mud out of the store room in Scotty's Castle Visitor Center. Photo Credit: National Park Service

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What Students Will Do

Students will create a project proposal to increase community resilience to flood that they could implement.

Materials

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Description

Students will identify a resilience strategy to make their community more resilient to flood. 

  • Activity 1 - Identify (30 minutes) What strategy will you investigate, and for which area?

Students review the virtual expo, and review the areas they identified as at-risk for flooding, and a resilience strategy they would like to focus on. 

  • Activity 2 – Research (30 minutes) Would your strategy work? Is it needed?

Students interview family and friends about what they know about flooding, and look into the feasibility of their idea. 

  • Activity 3 – Prototype (45 minutes) Create a pitch for your idea

Students create a draft of their idea proposal. 

  • Activity 4 - Iterate (30 minutes) Improve your idea based on feedback

Students present their prototypes to their peers, and/or a community expert for feedback. 

  • Activity 5 - Launch (45 minutes) Create your presentation. 

Students incorporate feedback to create their final presentation for submission.

 

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