Teach Engineering: Water, Water Everywhere

Learners learn about floods, discovering that different types of floods occur from different water sources, but primarily from heavy rainfall. While floods occur naturally and have benefits such as creating fertile farmland, students learn that with the increase in human population in flood-prone areas, floods are become increasingly problematic. Both natural and manmade factors contribute to floods. Learners learn what makes floods dangerous and what engineers design to predict, control and survive floods.