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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

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In A blackwater river from sea to source: The White Oak River transect, page 18
Figure 16 show a view of the White Oak where it is usually nothing but a creek-sized stream about 25 feet across and a few inches deep. As you can see, the floodwaters of Hurricane Floyd continue to keep it out of its banks almost two months later. The are...
By Dirk Frankenberg.
Saving a piano from floodwaters
Saving a piano from floodwaters
Teenage heroes in chest-deep water remove a piano from a flooded house in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
Format: image/photograph
Measuring the waters
This lesson plan uses an excerpt from an oral history about measuring flood waters during Hurricane Floyd to teach students about the many ways measurements can be taken. Students are given an opportunity to practice measuring with a variety of tools and evaluate their effectiveness.
Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)