Students will examine local flood evidence, develop investigable questions about soil-water interactions, and prepare for a safe mud-ball investigation and community exhibition.

Students will conduct their peer-reviewed mud-ball tests, maintain traceable records, analyze patterns and anomalies, and revise an evidence-based explanation of how local soil-water interactions may contribute to flooding.

Students will present and defend their final soil-water investigation findings to community partners and an exhibition audience, revise their work from feedback, and reflect on how their understanding of local flooding changed.