[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes groundwater and explains how aquifers form.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How overuse of groundwater can lead to problems.

The aquifers in North Carolina are highly varied in their character and water producing capabilities. Several of these aquifers can be traced over large geographic areas and hence form principal aquifers; significant sources of ground...

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.

Get an overview of groundwater aquifers using this study guide.

Resource is a brief explanation of an aquifer and how they work. This article also touches upon artesian wells. A picture and a fun activity to illustrate the concept of an artesian well are included. Click Home to access the site in...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at how the overuse of groundwater can lead to problems.

This US Geological Survey site briefly discusses the basics of why pesticides are increasingly found in our ground water. Click Home to access the site in Spanish.

This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on groundwater. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.

This resource outlines what an aquifer is, the types of aquifers, and aquifer categorization. It also provides additional information for further study.

Students work with databases and GIS to develop saturated thickness maps. Each database consists of observations made by drillers where they have encountered the High Plains aquifer base and the annual water-level measurements taken in...

A document features the Pocatello aquifer in Idaho. Find a description of the structure and function of the aquifer and the concerns of contamination.

Directions for doing a simple simulation that shows how pollution spreads through groundwater sources.

In this inquiry-based activity, learners learn how groundwater comes to exist, moves through the soil, and how it is removed from the ground.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The features of aquifers and the water table.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The features of aquifers and the water table.

This site describes what sinkholes are, how they form, problems associated with sinkholes such as flooding and pollution, and sinkhole locations. It discusses the two types of sinkholes, the main differences between karst and non-karst...

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.

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...

Groundwater is one of the largest sources of drinking water, so environmental engineers need to understand groundwater flow in order to tap into this important resource. Environmental engineers also study groundwater to predict where...

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...

Drinking water comes from many different sources, including surface water and groundwater. Environmental engineers analyze the physical properties of groundwater to predict how and where surface contaminants will travel. For this lesson,...

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...

Recognize vocabulary terms and their definitions associated with groundwater. Identify the components to the formulas of Darcy's Law.