BY: Ann McCracken May, Wainwright Middle School, Lafayette

Site address: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/nova/flood/

Theme: Natural Disasters

Grade Level: 6

Annotation of Site:

Middle school students can read and work through this site which deals with the recent flooding of the Mississippi and the ancient flooding of the Nile.

Geography Standards addressed:

• #7) The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth’s surface.
• #14) How human actions modify the physical environment.

Indiana Social Studies Proficiency Guidelines addressed:

Explain the relationship between physical and cultural features features in the Western World.