Environmental Links - Groundwater
Environmental Links - Groundwater
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Links to information on groundwater.
The Groundwater Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to teaching people of all ages to care for and about groundwater. The site offers a section covering groundwater basics, what it is and why it is important, as well as a kids section full of educational activities and games.
The URL is: http://www.groundwater.org/
Students determine how difficult it is to study subsurface contaminants contained in underground storage tanks. This is an activity created by the 1991 Woodrow Wilson Biology Institute.
The URL is: http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/WWC/1991/g...
Method for dealing with water treatment issues caused by Acid mine drainage by altering heavily contaminated water (contaminated by heavy metals) into water suitable to release.
The URL is: http://www.acidsulphatesolutions.com
The organization that helps promote clean groundwater. It provides newsletters and student grants.
The URL is: http://www.iga.uiuc.edu
A resource that includes information and FAQs about wetlands, oceans, and watersheds. (Grades 6 through High School.)
The URL is: http://www.epa.gov/owowwtr1/
A place to learn more about oil spills and hazardous chemical accidents.
The URL is: http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/kids/kids.htm...
The primary agency in Illinois concerned with water and atmospheric resources. This site has information on how to contact a staff member, articles that have been written in the last hundred years and lots of other good sources for information.
The URL is: http://www.sws.uiuc.edu
Students will follow a raindrop from its source into the water supply for their houses and then back to the environment. The students will draw and/or understand a diagram of a water treatment plant and a sewage treatment plant. This is an activity created by the 1991 Woodrow Wilson Biology Institute.
The URL is: http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/WWC/1991/s...
This site has information on the water cycle. Recommended for lower grades.
The URL is: http://www.epa.state.il.us/kids/fun-stuff/water-cy...
Provides a list of suppliers and materials that can be purchased to supplement water studies for all levels K-12.
The URL is: http://www.eelink.net/catalogsofeematerials(indivi...
Provides information on water topics, programs, and organizations, training workshops, and other resources.
The URL is: http://www.epa.gov/r5water/
Good explanation of groundwater with diagrams.
The URL is: http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/en/nature/grdwtr/e_what....
Water Quality Report - Sample report with definitions.
The URL is: http://www.cwlp.com/water%5Fdivision/purification/...
Activities, lessons and an explanation of groundwater concepts.
The URL is: http://www.agen.okstate.edu/home/gbrown/GWEducatio...
Two-book teacher and student edition provides abundant resources for teachers in grades 9-12 to extend students' investigations into local water quality and land-use issues. Cornell Scientific Inquiry Series published by NSTA Press. The Teacher Edition includes classroom materials, explains how to guide student research and projects, and the complete Student Edition.
The URL is: http://store.nsta.org/showItem.asp?product=PB162X2...
Follow a drop of water from the source through the treatment process. Water may be treated differently in different communities depending on the quality of the water.
The URL is: http://www.epa.gov/kids/water.htm
This site contains watershed conditions, surfing your watershed, maps, and facts sheets.
The URL is: http://www.epa.gov/iwi/
U.S. Geological Survey’s water science for schools. This site offers many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps, interactive center and test your water knowledge.
The URL is: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/helptopics.html
Network Consulting firms, web sites, utilities, organizations, & projects
The URL is: http://www.uwin.siu.edu/
A quick and easy way to find aerial photos of your watershed.
The URL is: http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/Webglis/glisbin/finder_m...
Is it real? (Water Witching) Links to pro and anti-dowsing web sites. A good general discussion about what water witching is and its history.
The URL is: http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/psyc/McLeod/2023Re...
An initiative of the US Geological Survey, to develop an awareness of water resources for K-12
students. Includes a poster series and educational training packages (FREE). The URL is: http://water.usgs.gov/outreach/OutReach.html
Materials compiled and reviewed by the Environmental Resources Center, University of Wisconsin-Extension, that will help you to develop a community-based, youth water education program that targets youth and links key community members in partnerships while working toward common water education goals.
The URL is: http://www.uwex.edu/erc/eypaw/listgrade.cfm
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