After a series of storms dumped unprecedented amounts of rainfall on the northwestern corner of Washington last November, small communities in the Nooksack Valley were left severely flooded and asking questions about how to prevent flood damage in the future. Dr. Guillaume Mauger is quoted.
Rivers and Flash Flooding Streams of Data is research project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in which lessons were created and tested to determine how well students could use real-world data on rainfall and river height to understand the occurrence of flash floods. Read the full project description on the Education Development Center Oceans of Data website.
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