In the Fall of 2024, the UVA community engagement team and members of the Coastal Research Center were lucky enough to work with local teachers, community members and members of The Center for Community Partnerships, to organize the first King Tide Event – a field trip with programming focused on educating local middle schoolers at Nandua Middle School about climate, the changing environment, and flooding on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Below is a set of instructional videos outlining each activity that students participated in during the first King Tide Event. These videos are meant to be a resource for facilitators, volunteers, community members, and more to understand what each activity is and how it can be facilitated for future iterations of the King Tide Event.
Bringing the right mindset
The goal of this interview/video is to provide the volunteers/facilitators with a reference point of how to help keep the kids engaged, excited, and listening during the April 25th activities.
Mapping the past
The goal of this video is to introduce students to the history of the Eastern Shore via maps and local sounds.
Flood mapping
The goal of this activity is to show students firsthand how the tides they live so close to change currently and how they will change in the future.
Flood walk
The goal of this activity is to physically show how drastically the tide levels change at different locations (communities) around the Eastern Shore.
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Bucket drumming
The goal of this activity is to sonically represent what the students learned about the tide throughout the day.