Drought+Resources

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 * **__Droughts __** || **Grade Level: 6-8 9-12 ** ||
 * From The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: A detailed description of a drought, four different ways that a drought can be defined, the United States' most extensive drought in history, the extensive impacts of droughts, and what can be done to prevent droughts. ||
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 * **__Questions and Answers about Droughts __** || **Grade Level: 6-8 9-12 ** ||
 * A series of questions and answers about the hydrology of droughts from the U.S. Geologic Survey. ||
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 * **__Drought for Kids __** || **Grade Level: 3-5 6-8** ||
 * Understand what a drought is and why a drought happens. ||
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 * **__Drought! __** || **Grade Level: 3-5 6-8** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Describes the devastating effects of the 1930s drought on the farmers and how its impact was doubled due to the depression that the country was already in. ||
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 * **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Droughts and Famines __** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**Grade Level: 3-5 6-8** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">A definition of droughts is followed by an explanation of how droughts have had an effect on humankind since ancient times. ||
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 * **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Drought __** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**Grade Level: 3-5 6-8** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">This encyclopedia article tells you all about droughts: what types of variables determine droughts, and their effects on crops, humans, and wildlife. ||
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 * **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Crops and Drought __** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Grade Level: 6-8 9-12 ** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Click on the map to read about recent droughts around the world and see devastating droughts and record-breaking crops. ||
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 * **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Drought and Heat __** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**Grade Level: 3-5 6-8** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Look at the current U.S. drought monitor to see drought conditions and get definitions of the three different types of droughts. The many devastating effects of droughts are described and heat waves are discussed. ||
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 * **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Dust Bowl __** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**Grade Level: 6-8 9-12** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">During the Great Depression the Great Plains Region was devastated by drought. The article explains exactly what areas were affected by the severe drought and examines the causes for the dry soil that were to blame for the many dense dust clouds. ||
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