Welcome! | Oresome Resources - Minerals and Energy Education. Floodplain Modeling. To start, you may want to watch the What is Engineering video. What is Engineering Too much rainfall or melting snow can sometimes cause a flood. There are different types of floods. The most common type is generally called a river flood. It occurs when a river or similar body of water (stream, creek, brook, etc.) overflows because of heavy rainfall and sometimes because of melting snow and ice. Other times, heavy rains are the result of hurricanes or other large storms. Floods can be deadly and destructive to people and property.
You can introduce the activity by showing students the PowerPoint presentation, Floods, Floodplains and Levees, to provide a visual understanding of floods, floodplains and levees. Floods, Floodplains and Levees (PPT) Students will learn more about flooding by creating their own mini-floods. In this lesson, students act as engineers, buildingmini-houses (models) and determining if they get wiped out by the flood.
Asking Good Questions. Interactive Animations. This is our collection of interactive rollover flash animations. Click links or scroll down to view the available interactive animations.Check out our Earth Science Animations and Videos pages. Interactive Animations General Basin and Range Dynamic Planet- Earthquakes & Volcanoes Tectonics How Are Earthquakes Located- Walk Run Activity Earthquakes Tectonic Plates Volcanoes Significant Earthquakes from 2001-2011 NEW! Pacific Northwest Pacific Northwest vs Japan Pacific Northwest vs Sumatra Subduction Zones Northwest Plate Rollover Chile vs Sumatra Subduction Rollover Reveal Pacific Northwest vs Sumatra Earthquake Depth Rollover Pacific Northwest vs Japan Earthquake Rollover Volcanoes Rollover General Significant Earthquakes from 2001-2011 Download interactive Flash animation.
Dynamic Planet- Earthquakes & Volcanoes Download interactive Flash animation. How Are Earthquakes Located- Walk Run Activity Download IRIS one-pager, "How are earthquakes located? " Tectonic Plates Basin and Range Tectonics Earthquakes. Educational One-Pagers. The Southeastern Suture of the Appalachian Margin Experiment (SESAME) The super-continent Gondwana attached to proto-North America at the culmination of the continental collision that built the Appalachian Mountains about 300 million years ago. Based on variations in fossils, rock types and ages, and a zone of southward dipping reflectors imaged by seismic reflection data, the juncture between these two continents is thought to lie in the crust beneath southern Georgia. Subsequently, this region was rifted during the opening of the Atlantic Ocean, depositing large volumes of magma into the crust. The goal of the SESAME project is to better understand how the continental lithosphere was accreted and deformed during collision and how rifting and formation of the current Atlantic passive margin later modified it.
To investigate these fundamental questions, 85 EarthScope Flexible Array stations were deployed in two north-to-south lines that cross the suture zone. Field Dates: July 2010 - June 2014 (in progress) Living Labs - extra.TeachEngineering.org. What's the Problem? - Lesson. Earth Science Week. Earth Science Week. Classroom Activities - The Day the Mesozoic Died. Erosion and Weathering.