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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Engineering Geology

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a course introducing students to the basics of engineering geology. Webpage includes forty lectures from a professor at the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning. Lectures vary in length...
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Handout
PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Water Cycle

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An explanation of the water cycle.
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Lesson Plan
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Where Does Your Water Come From? [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Where does your drinking water come from? This resource features a clear and concise explanation for this question. This resource will be beneficial to students and teachers.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Water Runoff: How the Ground Water in Your Community Is Affected

For Teachers 4th - 6th
After creating a model, students will investigate factors that affect water runoff both positively and negatively, and the impact this has on the quality of groundwater.
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Handout
Other

Global Water Outlook to 2025 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This PDF resource describes the scarcity of water, the locations and amount of water of groundwater around the world, methods for reducing this scarcity, and the causes of the depletion. Provides a prediction for areas of groundwater...
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Website
Geography 4 kids

Geography4 kids.com: Where Is Groundwater?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Critical source of freshwater and most abundant, yet also the most polluted is groundwater. Discover how scientists work to purify this important resource to make it useable.
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Website
Geography 4 kids

Geography4 kids.com: Using Groundwater

For Students 3rd - 8th
Of course humans rely on freshwater for drinking and washing, but we also need it in great quantities to water crops and livestock for the food we consume. Understand the systems in place to purify and store groundwater to do this.
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Handout
Other

Missouri Conservationist Online: Karst Groundwater

For Students 3rd - 8th
Article highlighting Missouri's karst groundwater systems and the need to protect the land from pollution. Includes diagram of how the system works.
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Handout
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa:wetlands Protection and Restoration

For Students 9th - 10th
Why have more than half of America's original wetlands been destroyed? What are the benefits of wildlife to people and the environment? Where are wetlands found? Find out the answers to these questions here.
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Graphic
Other

Grid Adrenal: Global Freshwater Resources: Quantity and Distribution by Region

For Students 9th - 10th
Glaciers and icecaps contain approximately 70% of the world's freshwater, but groundwater is by far the most abundant and readily available source of freshwater. This graphic illustrates the quantity (in cubic kilometres) and...
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Article
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Where Does Our Water Come From?

For Students 9th - 10th
See how rainwater and snow melt flows from high areas to low areas which ultimately results in Earth's groundwater.
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Article
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: What Are Natural Solutes?

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about naturally occurring substances that also affect water quality.