Sample of an email to a business along the Mithi River: Hello!
My name is Rachel and I am a middle school student at Upper Moreland Middle School in Pennsylvania in the USA. My class and I are researching the Mumbai Floods of 2005. We noticed that your institute is located near the Mithi River. We would like to be put in contact with someone who can email back and forth to us about flooding along the Mithi River and what precautions your institute may have taken to be prepared for future flooding. Any help or assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
TEAM #5853
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Sample of an email to a business along the Mithi River:
Hello!
My name is Rachel and I am a middle school student at Upper Moreland Middle School in Pennsylvania in the USA. My class and I are researching the Mumbai Floods of 2005. We noticed that your institute is located near the Mithi River. We would like to be put in contact with someone who can email back and forth to us about flooding along the Mithi River and what precautions your institute may have taken to be prepared for future flooding. Any help or assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Rachel
Sent with permission from Mrs. Hanssens
HW for 11/13: Follow Up by Reading Information Sent to Us by Experts in the Field!
Kyle: http://www.indiawaterportal.org
Josh: http://ussdams.com/ussdeducation/
Grace: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/17/levees-repairs-america-inspections-floods_n_2492885.html
Derek: http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/l/levee.htm
Elena: http://argustec.com/case-studies/levees-problems-and-solutions
Rachel: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/07/08/levees_flooding
Adam: http://science.howstuffworks.com/engineering/structural/levee.htm
Ivan: http://library.water-resources.us/docs/MMDL/FLD/Feature.cfm?ID=5
Laura: http://www.designbymany.com/project/levee-camphaus
HW for November 12, 2013: Read these two websites!!
http://www.designbymany.com/project/levee-camphaus
New idea found after you left class today!!
http://www.pub.gov.sg/Marina/Pages/3-in-1-benefits.aspx
When posting to the Work in Progress folder, you MUST use the following title system for your post:
FIRSTNAME.FILECODE.QUESTIONCONTENT
File Codes:
BK=Background Knowledge
CS=Current Solutions
EX=Experts
ISO=Innovative Solutions Options
Example:
Rachel.BK.Diseases
Rachel.BK.DeathToll
Derek.EX.PeopleWhoLivedIt
Derek.EX.Scientists
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Resources:
Username:karenhanssens@umtsd.org
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Read the following resources to better understand the flooding:
Report:
http://mdmu.maharashtra.gov.in/pdf/Flood/statusreport.pdf
http://www.construction-int.com/news/india-to-build-200-new-dams.html
Photo Essay of the Flood:
http://www.ndtv.com/photos/news/26july-2005-the-day-mumbai-stopped-11000
Post-Flooding Diseases Claim Lives:
http://reliefweb.int/report/india/india-post-flood-diseases-claim-80-lives-bombay
http://emi.pdc.org/soundpractices/Mumbai/SP1-Mumbai-Mithi-river.pdf
http://www.cphcleantech.com/media/2111298/neeri%20report%20on%20mithi%20jan%202011.pdf
http://disastermanagementmumbai.blogspot.com/
http://inhabitat.com/singapores-green-roofed-marina-barrage-controls-flooding-and-stores-10000-hectares-of-rainwater/
http://inhabitat.com/shma-reimagines-flood-prone-city-in-thailand-as-a-water-city/
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/06/science/06tech.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
http://pcgladiator.blogspot.com/2009/03/tokyos-flood-control-system.html