Rainfall, River Height, and Local Relevance: Supporting students' use of real-world data to explore flash floods.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Brase, Lauren E., ; Mossa, Lindsay C.; Robeck, Edward C.
- Source
- Science & Children; May/Jun2023, Vol. 60 Issue 5, p54-59, 6p
- Subject
- Student volunteers
Floods
Land cover
Groundwater flow
Diamonds
- Language
- ISSN
- 00368148
Students were asked to say "rain" and clap when the graph showed the rain starting, and then pat their legs and say "river" when the graph showed the river starting to rise. Students' understanding of the real-world contexts was further supported using data shown in circle graphs of pervious and impervious surface amounts around the rivers, which were created using ArcGIS land cover data. Real-world data reporting the river height every five days was displayed on a table that cued students to move up or down to act out changes in river height while referencing a model river staff gauge in the room. [Extracted from the article]