Flood+Control+Resources

 =A flood occurs when the level of water rises, either quickly or over time, and spills over its banks. The following resources will help you learn and understand more about how technology and human intervention helps control the constructive and destructive process of floods. = = = =__Web Resources __= = =  [] //Flood of evidence// (n.d.). Retrieved June 30, 2009, from Why Files.

==This 'why file' gives links to information regarding the following aspects of flood control: 1. Catastrophic floods 2. Wetlands role in providing natural water storage 3. How deforestation affects flooding 4. Human intervention in flood prevention. ==

= = //[] Flood control // (2009). Retrieved June 30, 2009, from Clever Media.

The object of this game is to save the town from flooding. You have to appropriately build ditches, dams, and reservoirs to save the town.


[] ==This reference shows a map of presidential disaster areas related to flooding. It also gives a brief description as to why these areas have experienced floods. ==

[] <span class="wiki_link_ext">United States Department of Homeland Security. (n.d.). //FEMA for kids.// Retrieved June 30, 2009, from http://www.fema.gov/kids/icons.htm. ==<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">This is an interactive site for students to explore to learn more about what happens to create floods, as well as ways to prevent flooding. Students should click on the River Rises a story for fictional story about a family experiencing a flood in their home. ==

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Walterlow, J. (1993). //The violent Earth: Flood//. New York: Thomson Learning.

Eagen, R. (2005). //Flood and monsoon alert!// New York: Crabtree Publishing Company.

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==<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Both of these books give students great information and pictures about how floods happen, flood control and prevention, and great flood disasters. ==

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Beattye, R. (2003). //Rivers, lakes, streams, and ponds.// Austin, TX: Raintree-Steck-Vaughn

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==<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">This reference created by Biomes Atlases contains maps and pictures of dams, images of flood disaster areas, and discusses way human intervene with flood control by building dams and drain systems .==

Hile, K. (2007). //Dams and levees//. Farmington Hills, MI: KidHaven Press.
 * Highlights advantages of building dams and Levees.**