Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Where Does All the Water Go?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
The best way for students to understand how groundwater flows is to actually see it. In this activity, students will learn the vocabulary associated with groundwater and see a demonstration of groundwater flow. Students will learn about...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What's Down the Well?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This activity looks at physical models of groundwater and how environmental engineers determine possible sites for drinking water wells. During this activity, students will create their own groundwater well model using a coffee can and...
Unit Plan
Idaho State University

Idaho State University: Groundwater Process, Supply, and Use

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the vulnerability to polltuion the supply of drinking water in the United States has. Know what aquifers are and how groundwater is moved. Identify Darcy's Law and know how to apply it.
Handout
US Geological Survey

U.s. Geological Survey: What Is Ground Water?

For Students 9th - 10th
This report from the U.S. Geological Survey uses illustrations to show how water moves through an aquifier and also how water is obtained from the ground.
Lesson Plan
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Deep Subjects: Wells and Ground Water [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this inquiry-based activity, students learn how groundwater comes to exist, moves through the soil, and how it is removed from the ground.