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....
Activities, lessons and an explanation of groundwater concepts.
The URL is: http://www.agen.okstate.edu/home/gbrown/GWEducatio...
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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