Websites for Coasts

Rivers and People

Weblinks

These websites have been checked, however, Hamilton Trust wish to stress that it is the responsibility of the parent/carer to check the web addresses provided before using them. While we do our best to ensure that the web addresses are accurate and stable it is imperative that parents/carers check them before using them with the children.

General Sites

Flooding

Very clear site, perfect for this age range to research and get an overview as well as the detail of where and why areas flood and the management systems in place

Good for advice: protecting your home and what to do in a flood situation

BBC – great short intro to floods and the devastation they can cause

An excellent why and how on flooding including examples and how man can use flooding to his advantage

Info on the health issues surrounding flooding – quite a hard read but very informative

great site although some video shot of real devastation but good explanations and advice on all issues

Some quite major consequences of the effects of flooding

Some useful fact sheets giving advice!

Useful overview and also talks about the positive effects of flooding

Advice on how to protect yourself and your home

Brilliant – aimed at KS3 bit great links to other sites and pictures and very logical cause and effects of flooding

A fab pack from the environmental agency packed with teaching ideas and resources - aimed at KS2

An interesting article on using natural flood defences

Stunning section on the 1953 Suffolk floods - what happened, what has happened since…

Generic pictures of building barriers

South East England 2000

Somalia/ Kenya 2006

Wales 2006

Mozambique 2000

Looks at effect of flooding in Bolivia early in 2006 – very detailed and specific

All about Boscastle 2004

All about Bangladesh 2002

Thames Barrier

Virtual tour

Great diagram of how gates work

River Nile

Great Maps, Nile facts, includes info on People & the Nile, Human Impact of Aswan Dam, and a case study on Cario (urban people and the Nile). Very child friendly text.

Aswan dam into (text only)