Earth Partners Workshop
The curriculum manual was created by local teachers who attended an Earth Partners graduate class-- Water Issues and Conservation Measures: Lessons for Teaching Math, Science, & Reading.
This kit contains literature, books, student reference materials, science experiment equipment and a manual with lesson plans regarding water issues for the following grades--- K-4, 4-8, 6-8, and 9-12.
The manual also includes a listing of current water education websites, extensive bibliography, and an inventory of the Water Kit that is available by contacting Earth Partners, Robbie Berg or Earth Partners 801 N. Country Fair Drive, Champaign, IL 61821.
This class was funded by the Mahomet Aquifer Consortium. MAC thanks the teachers and Earth Partners for supplying these educational materials.
Questions or Comments? send a note to Robbie Berg @ Earth Partners
Other Educational News/Materials
Thoughts on water conservation for Champaign County-- read Every Drop Counts.
In July 2010, MAC & Earth Partners sponsored a water class to help teachers learn about local water resources and demands and how water use and conservation affects water resources. Click for more info.
MAC Spotlight:
Do you know where your water comes from? A group in Champaign wants their students to be able to answer this question. Sixth-grade students in Champaign’s Unit 4 School District learn where their water comes from (the Mahomet aquifer),
where their wastewater goes (discharged to the Salt Fork or the Kaskaskia River), and how human activity affects water resources. The students learn the answer to these questions while studying Fresh Water Resources, a 5-week science education unit. Fresh Water Resources was developed by Kristin Camp, K-12 Science and Health Curriculum Coordinator for the District,
three teachers-- Natasha Harroff, Jen Mathis, and Donna Peyton, and a MAC technical consultant, George Roadcap. The students enjoy this science unit because it has a local tie-in, using a Powerpoint presentation developed by Dr. Roadcap. This presentation shows photos of the water wells that supply water in Champaign, the wastewater treatment plants and other
important hydrologic features that student’s have seen in their community. To learn more about Fresh Water Resources, contact Kristin Camp. If your schools do a great job teaching students about water resources, let us know about. Email your MAC Spotlight material
to the webmaster.
WILL AM 580 special report, The water we rely on: discusses the water supply in central Illinois. Bill Hammack reports. These reports can be played via links on WILL's website.
Groundwater FAQs: We try to answer some common questions about groundwater. [Email the Webmaster with a suggestion for another FAQ.]
1) 8 groundwater words to know
2) The hydrologic cycle
3) Water wells & well interference
USGS glossary of water science terms
Support for the Mahomet Aquifer
Science needs to provide answers on Mahomet Aquifer News-Gazette editorial, Nov 19, 2006
The Mahomet Aquifer, an Underappreciated Resource by Rob Kanter in the Environmental Almanac, Mar 3, 2005
Last Updated: Aug 2010
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