Teaching Activities

Unit 2: Monitoring surface and groundwater supply in central and western US part of Eyes on the Hydrosphere: Tracking Water Resources
Jonathan Harvey (Fort Lewis College) and Becca Walker (Mt San Antonio College)
In Unit 2, students learn how the techniques for water budgeting (covered in Unit 1) can be used to monitor both groundwater (High Plains Aquifer) and surface water (western mountain watershed) systems. Students ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Course Module
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Surface Water , Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Management and Policy, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geophysics:Geodesy, Gravity, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Groundwater , Water Conservation, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather:Drought, Environmental Science, Sustainability, Land Use and Planning, Water Quality and Quantity, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water supply/water resource evaluation
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Unit 1: Introduction to the hydrologic cycle and stakeholder analysis part of Measuring Water Resources
Bruce Douglas, Indiana University-Bloomington; Eric Small, University of Colorado at Boulder
This unit introduces the hydrological cycle to provide context for the module as a whole. It particularly focuses on those portions of the hydrological cycle that take place on land and that form the basis for ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Groundwater flow, Water supply/water resource evaluation, Unsaturated zone/recharge, Water cycle/groundwater-surface water interface, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Groundwater modeling, Water and society, policy, and management, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Water Quality and Quantity:Groundwater , Surface Water , Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Management and Policy, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Geoscience:Hydrology:Snowpack and Snow Melt
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Unit 4: Water budget assessment of a California drought part of Measuring Water Resources
Bruce Douglas, Indiana University-Bloomington; Eric Small, University of Colorado at Boulder
The California Drought of 2012–2016 had significant social and economic consequences. This final unit focuses on this drought as a case study for measuring the hydrologic system so that we can better understand ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Snowpack and Snow Melt, Ground Water, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geophysics:Geophysics in other disciplines, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Surface Water , Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather:Drought, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Water Quality and Quantity:Water Conservation, Groundwater , Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary