Our Changing World
After natural disasters many individuals find the task of rebuilding overwhelming. Some communities rebuild in the same spot and some move locations. There are pros and cons to each of these ideas.
Greenburg, Kansas received catastrophic damage due to an EF5 tornado on May 7th, 2007. As a community they pulled together to begin rebuilding with an environmentally conscious effort which is documented on Planet Green.
Soldier Grove, Wisconsin relocated their downtown in the late 70’s due to flooding. This move proved successful in 2007 when the previous Soldier Grove location stood under water for ten days.
Chelsea, Iowa, a town in Tama County reviewed moving in 1993 but decided to stay, received flooding in 2008. No one was injured nor was any property catastrophically damaged however; the town is still subject to flooding.
Our Changing World, a Project Learning Tree activity, can be modified to help students understand and/or cope with the changes that affect our communities socially and physically due to natural disasters.
Book List
Grades PreK-2
Boyce, N., Osborne, M. 2007. Tsunami and Other Natural Disasters: A Nonfiction Companion to High Tide in Hawaii. Random House Children’s Books.
McGuire, B., Quake, D. 2007. Natural Disaster. Kingfisher.
Grades 3-5
Boyce, N., Osborne, M. 2007. Tsunami and Other Natural Disasters: A Nonfiction Companion to High Tide in Hawaii. Random House Children’s Books.
Day, T.,Watts, C. 2006. Natural Disasters (DK Eyewitness Series). DK Publishing, Inc.
McGuire, B., Quake, D. 2007. Natural Disaster. Kingfisher.
Grades 9-12
Barry, J. 1998. Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America. Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing.
Brinkley, D. 2007. The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Cost. HarperCollins Publishers.
Horne, J. 2006. Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City. Random House Publishing Group.
Larson, E., Cline, I.2000. Issac’s Storm: A Man, A Time and the Deadliest Hurricane in History. Knopf Publishing Group.
Maser, C. 1995. Resolving Environmental Conflicts: Towards Sustainable Community Development. CRC Press.
McCullough, D. 1987. The Johnstown Flood. Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing.
Miller, D., Rivera, J. 2008. Hurricane Katrina and the Redefinition of a Landscape. Lexington Books
Stern, G. 2008. The Buffalo Creek Disaster: The Story of Survivor’s Unprecedented Lawsuit. Knopf Publishing Group.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Students and Watershed
The 12th of August was International Youth Day. Empower students by giving them the tools to investigate their environment.
Where does all that rain go? It doesn’t all evaporate. Some of the water runs off in to the creeks and streams that eventually go to rivers. This is called a watershed. When the land cannot keep up with the weather we see issues with flooding and erosion. “Where does the Water Run?” a Project WILD Aquatic activity, allows students the chance to investigate this topic.
Book List
Grades PreK-2
Fourment, T. 2004. My Water Comes from the Mountains. Roberts Rinehart Publishers.
Luenn, N. 1994. Squish!: A Wetland Walk. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.
Grades 3-5
Dorros, A. 2000. Follow the Water from Brook to Ocean. HarperCollins.
Hiscock, B. 1997. Big Rivers: The Missouri, the Mississippi, and the Ohio. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.
Wick, W. 1997. Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder. Scholastic, Inc.
Yolen, J. 1995. Water Music: Poems for Children. Boyds Mills Press.
Grades 9-12
DeBarry, P.A. 2004. Watersheds: Processes, Assessment and Management. Wiley.
Dobson, C. 1999. Watersheds: A Practical Handbook for Healthy Water. Firefly Books, Limited.
Newton, Lisa H., C.K. Dillingham and J.H. Choly. 2005. Watersheds 4: Ten Cases in Environmental Ethics. Wadsworth Publishing.
The 12th of August was International Youth Day. Empower students by giving them the tools to investigate their environment.
Where does all that rain go? It doesn’t all evaporate. Some of the water runs off in to the creeks and streams that eventually go to rivers. This is called a watershed. When the land cannot keep up with the weather we see issues with flooding and erosion. “Where does the Water Run?” a Project WILD Aquatic activity, allows students the chance to investigate this topic.
Book List
Grades PreK-2
Fourment, T. 2004. My Water Comes from the Mountains. Roberts Rinehart Publishers.
Luenn, N. 1994. Squish!: A Wetland Walk. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.
Grades 3-5
Dorros, A. 2000. Follow the Water from Brook to Ocean. HarperCollins.
Hiscock, B. 1997. Big Rivers: The Missouri, the Mississippi, and the Ohio. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.
Wick, W. 1997. Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder. Scholastic, Inc.
Yolen, J. 1995. Water Music: Poems for Children. Boyds Mills Press.
Grades 9-12
DeBarry, P.A. 2004. Watersheds: Processes, Assessment and Management. Wiley.
Dobson, C. 1999. Watersheds: A Practical Handbook for Healthy Water. Firefly Books, Limited.
Newton, Lisa H., C.K. Dillingham and J.H. Choly. 2005. Watersheds 4: Ten Cases in Environmental Ethics. Wadsworth Publishing.
Friday, August 08, 2008
Changing the Land
We have all seen the news and have experienced changes in our own environment. We as a culture are changing the landscape so fast Mother Nature can not keep up. With these changes come devastating effects, excess pollutants and silt in watersheds that would normally be filtered by vegetation and are worsened by natural disasters. Students can examine this topic further by using Project WILD’s activity “Changing the Land”.
The earth is ever changing, our impacts are far reaching, but with a conscious effort these effects can be slowed and possibly reversed. Students can see that one person; one small change can make a huge difference.
Book List
Grades PreK-2
Bauer, D. 2003. People Change the Land. Coughlan Publishing.
Rutten, J. 1998. Erosion. Child's World, Incorporated.
Wheeler, J.C. 1993. Branch out: A Book about Land. ABDO Publishing Company.
Grades 3-5
Dalgleish, S. 2002. Managing the Land. Chelsea House Publishers.
Deboo, A. 2006. Mapping the Land and Environment. Heinemann.
James, B. 1993. Use of Land. Cengage Learning.
Olien, R. 2001. Erosion. Capstone Press.
Winner, C. 1999. Erosion. Lerner Publishing Group.
Grades 6-8
Bailey, J. 2006. Cracking up: A Story about Erosion. Coughlan Publishing.
Downs, S. 2000. Shaping the Earth: Erosion. Lerner Publishing Group.
Fodor, R.V. 1983. Chiseling the Earth: How Erosion Shapes the Land. Enslow Publishers, Incorporated.
Kallen, S. 2005. Managing America's Forests. Greenhaven Press.
Koontz, R.M. 2006. Erosion: Changing the Earth's Surface. Coughlan Publishing.
Leopold, A. 1989. A Sand County Almanac. Oxford University Press
Petersen, C. 2004. Land Preservation. Scholastic Library Publishing.
Rybolt, T.R. 1993. Environmental Experiments about Land. Enslow Publishers, Incorporated.
Stille, D. 2004. Erosion: How Land Forms How It Changes. Compass Point Books.
Willis, T. 1992. Land Use and Abuse. Scholastic.
Grades 9-12
Camp, W.G. 2000. Managing Our Natural Resources. Thomson Delmar Learning.
Cronon, W. 2003. Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonist and the Ecology of New England. Hill and Wang.
Goldsmith, Z., Pearce, F. 2007. Earth Then and Now: Amazing Images of our Changing World. Firefly Books, Limited.
Janice, R. 2006. Land Abuse and Soil Erosion. Wiegel Publishers.
Nardi, J.B. 2005. World beneath Our Feet: A Guide to Life in the Soil. Oxford University Press.
Prior, J.C. and L.A. Stone. 2000. Iowa - Portrait of the Land. Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey.
Schwartz, M. 1993. Environment and the Law. Chelsea House Publishers.
Stille, D. 2004. Erosion: How Land Forms How It Changes. Compass Point Books.
We have all seen the news and have experienced changes in our own environment. We as a culture are changing the landscape so fast Mother Nature can not keep up. With these changes come devastating effects, excess pollutants and silt in watersheds that would normally be filtered by vegetation and are worsened by natural disasters. Students can examine this topic further by using Project WILD’s activity “Changing the Land”.
The earth is ever changing, our impacts are far reaching, but with a conscious effort these effects can be slowed and possibly reversed. Students can see that one person; one small change can make a huge difference.
Book List
Grades PreK-2
Bauer, D. 2003. People Change the Land. Coughlan Publishing.
Rutten, J. 1998. Erosion. Child's World, Incorporated.
Wheeler, J.C. 1993. Branch out: A Book about Land. ABDO Publishing Company.
Grades 3-5
Dalgleish, S. 2002. Managing the Land. Chelsea House Publishers.
Deboo, A. 2006. Mapping the Land and Environment. Heinemann.
James, B. 1993. Use of Land. Cengage Learning.
Olien, R. 2001. Erosion. Capstone Press.
Winner, C. 1999. Erosion. Lerner Publishing Group.
Grades 6-8
Bailey, J. 2006. Cracking up: A Story about Erosion. Coughlan Publishing.
Downs, S. 2000. Shaping the Earth: Erosion. Lerner Publishing Group.
Fodor, R.V. 1983. Chiseling the Earth: How Erosion Shapes the Land. Enslow Publishers, Incorporated.
Kallen, S. 2005. Managing America's Forests. Greenhaven Press.
Koontz, R.M. 2006. Erosion: Changing the Earth's Surface. Coughlan Publishing.
Leopold, A. 1989. A Sand County Almanac. Oxford University Press
Petersen, C. 2004. Land Preservation. Scholastic Library Publishing.
Rybolt, T.R. 1993. Environmental Experiments about Land. Enslow Publishers, Incorporated.
Stille, D. 2004. Erosion: How Land Forms How It Changes. Compass Point Books.
Willis, T. 1992. Land Use and Abuse. Scholastic.
Grades 9-12
Camp, W.G. 2000. Managing Our Natural Resources. Thomson Delmar Learning.
Cronon, W. 2003. Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonist and the Ecology of New England. Hill and Wang.
Goldsmith, Z., Pearce, F. 2007. Earth Then and Now: Amazing Images of our Changing World. Firefly Books, Limited.
Janice, R. 2006. Land Abuse and Soil Erosion. Wiegel Publishers.
Nardi, J.B. 2005. World beneath Our Feet: A Guide to Life in the Soil. Oxford University Press.
Prior, J.C. and L.A. Stone. 2000. Iowa - Portrait of the Land. Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey.
Schwartz, M. 1993. Environment and the Law. Chelsea House Publishers.
Stille, D. 2004. Erosion: How Land Forms How It Changes. Compass Point Books.
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