Resources for Teaching Hydrogeology
Resources for classroom, lab, and field
The resource collections listed below reflect the contributions of faculty members from across the country. Please contribute to the collections.
- Activities & Assignments, as well as out-of-class activities and projects.
- Visualizations that can be useful in teaching about hydrogeology.
- Internet Resources useful for teaching hydrogeology.
- Hydrogeology Analogies useful for conveying hydrogeology concepts to students.
- Articles accessible to undergraduate hydrogeology students.
Goals for teaching hydrogeology
What are we trying to accomplish in teaching entry-level hydrogeology courses? Participants at the workshop Teaching Hydrogeology in the 21st Century have offered their thoughts on what we might want students to be able to do after they have finished with an entry-level hydrogeology course. View example goals for teaching hydrogeology.
National Academies Reports on Water Issues
Link to the Water Information Center, a web portal at the National Academies of Science to more than 100 peer-reviewed NAS reports on water-related issues.
What can you do in the lab and field with $100?
What if you don't have big bucks to buy equipment for students to use in a hydrogeology course? The participants in the 2005 workshop Teaching Hydrogeology in the 21st Century have some ideas:
- Ideas for inexpensive but effective demos to use in the lab or classroom
- Ideas for inexpensive but effective equipment to use in the field
Survey of textbooks and topics in hydrogeology courses
Download the results of 2005 faculty surveys on what textbooks and lab manuals are used and what topics are taught in hydrogeology courses (Excel 34kB Jul24 05).
Field trip safety
Is your department thinking about developing field trip policy documents and forms? If so, we have some sample forms (including one patterned after the OSHA health and safety forms used by consulting firms) plus a short rationale for adopting policies to address the issue of the risks inherent in taking students into the field.
Email List discussions
Join our email list to take part in discussions with colleagues who teach hydrogeology and to read past discussions.
Registry of analytical equipment
If you conduct research involving geochemical analytical equipment and would like to gain access to analytical equipment at another institution or would like to list your own equipment for access by others, please visit our registry of geochemical analytical equipment.
Presentations from the Teaching Hydrogeology workshop
During the summer of 2005, 70 hydrogeologists from around the country met for a week-long workshop to explore best practices in teaching hydrogeology. Download handouts and supporting materials from workshop presentations and discussions or view the workshop program. View the list of workshop participants.
Working groups
We established working groups at the summer 2005 workshop in key areas of hydrogeology. Working groups are tasked with collecting and developing new materials for teaching hydrogeology. If you would like to join a working group, please contact Barbara Tewksbury at Hamilton College (btewksbu@hamilton.edu)
