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General
Drilling
a Well
Some interesting images.
Sinkholes
Great
Floods
Channeled
Scablands Theory
Columbia
River Flood Basalts Learn about the great floods that
swept across the Pacific Northwest thousands of years ago.
Aquifers
Edwards
Aquifer The Edwards Aquifer is
a unique groundwater system and one of the most prolific artesian
aquifers in the world located in south central Texas.
Ground
Water Cleanup at Superfund Sites
Aquifers
in the U.S. Aquifers included in the 2003 "Principal Aquifers"
U.S. map and data.
Lesson
Plans and More
EPA
Classroom Activities & Experiments
The
Water Dance: Using Science and Poetry To Investigate and
Interpret the Water Cycle. This curriculum unit is designed
to entice sixth graders initially to learn about and ultimately
to care about water.
What
is an Aquifer? Grades 7-9. This lesson demonstrates the
meaning of the terms groundwater, porosity, aquifer, and water
table*. It helps students better understand how and why water
is stored underground, and what can happen if the water is
drained or polluted.
Things
To Do
Darby
Duck and the Aquatic Crusaders
Ground
Water Institute for Teachers A unique two-day training
program that the American Ground Water Trust developed in
2000 to help educators increase their understanding of ground
water science and water resource issues.
Ground
Water Primer
Measuring
Water
Sun
Lakes You can camp in the same spot where there once was
a waterfall ten times the size of Niagara Falls!!!
Water
Questions and Answers
The
Water Sourcebooks U.S. EPA's Water Sourcebooks contain
324 activities for grades K-12 divided into four sections:
K-2, 3-5, 5-8, and 9-12. Each section is divided into five
chapters: Introduction to Water, Drinking Water and Wastewater
Treatment, Surface Water Resources, Ground Water Resources,
and Wetlands and Coastal Waters.
Publications
Making
Discoveries: Groundwater Activities for the Classroom and
Community, Groundwater Foundation
Safe
Drinking Water Act Poster - Request one for your classroom.
Water:
To the Last Drop Video- Travel to Canada, the United States,
Mexico, and the Middle East to look at the natural history
of water and investigate the latest technologies used to make
available water safe.
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Teacher's
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