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Ketelyn Chaves turned Saturday's flooding into a hands-on science lesson in her fifth-grade class on Tuesday.

Chaves received over 500 examples via Facebook to help forward her lesson.

Students also created Play-Doh models of flood prevention mechanisms, enhancing engagement and practical learning.

STANSBURY PARK — When a massive rainstorm flooded Tooele County this past weekend, most people were focused on cleanup and damage assessments. But in one Stansbury Park classroom, all that water led to a unique learning opportunity.

"When I teach science, we have to attach it (to) real-life situations," said Ketelyn Chaves, a fifth-grade teacher at Rose Springs Elementary School.

The first thing you might notice when you enter her classroom is that she and her students do all

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