Measuring the waters
In this lesson plan, students will discuss and understand measurement of a single event and measurement over time. Students will learn how to use different tools for measurement, and decide which are better for long-term or short-term use. Using an excerpt from an oral history about measuring floodwaters during Hurricane Floyd in 1999, students will understand how humans devised ways of keeping measurements during that flood and earlier floods. Students will also graph the floodwaters from Hurricane Floyd and another flood. This lesson includes teacher’s guides as well as the oral history audio excerpts and transcripts.