Outlining the Groundwork for a Great Student Project

The picture below was drawn by 5th and 6th graders after a preliminary discussion about human impacts on barrier islands. On their own, these students developed the idea of building a model that shows the relationship between the topography of Brooklyn, the qualities of barrier islands, the effect of tides, and the flooding caused by Hurricane Sandy.

Please stay tuned for more on this model as a promising way of understanding and combining these scientific topics.