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This is a lesson modified from the PBS lesson at https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/activities/3211_megafloo.html
I've added some supports for younger students and removed some more complicated vocabulary.
Read the lesson attached and answer the questions as you go.
Move each example measurement into the category of what it is measuring.
Highest posted interstate limit (Texas, 2005) = 129 Km/h
1993 Mississippi River Flood, Flow Rate .11cu km/h
Mississippi River daily output = 1.4 Cubic Km
Goodyear Blimp = 5,740 Cubic Meters
Lake Erie = 483 Cubic Km
Delaware = 6,447 Square Km
New York City to Washington DC =386 Km
Maine = 91,700 Square Km
Spokane and Seattle = 367 km
Utility pole = 11 meters high
Minimum Hurricane = 121 Km/h
Empire State Building = 381 meters
Football Field = 4,504 Square Meters
1980 Mt. St. Helens debris surge = 500 km/h
Eiffel Tower = 321 meters
HMS Titanic = 232,000 Cubic Meters
Marathon Race = 42.2 Km
Chicago's O'Hare Airport = 28.3 square km
Lake Superior = 12,230 Cubic Km
Mt. Everest 8,850 M high
Washington Monument = 170 meters high
Length
Height/depth
Area
Volume
Speed
During one of the most recent ice ages, about _________ years ago, ice sheets thousands of feet thick covered what is now southern British Columbia.
A lobe from the Cordilleran ice sheet crept into the Idaho panhandle and blocked the Clark Fork River with an ice dam. How high was the ice dam?
Water melting from the glacier further north backed up behind the ice dam, forming Glacial Lake Missoula. It covered ____ square kilometers of western Montana.
The climate warmed, weakening the ice dam's base. What happened when the ice dam could no longer resist the increasing water pressure?
As water rushed westward from the ice dam, it carved out the Channeled Scabland. What notable geographical feature did it create?
Rushing water also created present-day Dry Falls. What are its dimensions?
At the flood's height, certain geographical shapes in Camas Prairie were formed. What are they?
The water tore across the Camas Prairie at a high speed. What was this speed?
Despite its incredible nature, J Harlen Bretz theorized the flood happened ...
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