Making Flood Barriers

Students in third grade studied the impact of a weather hazard on their communities and engineered flood barriers to mitigate damage.

As part of this maker experience, students explored various flood prevention strategies and then used this knowledge to build and test their own ideas.

Common household materials were used to simulate construction and industrial materials, such as ceramics, concrete, plastics, and wood.

Students utilized the ASA design cycle to guide their ideation, creation, and testing process.

Check out some of their creations. Not all were successful! Can you guess which ones?