Groundwater Education

Groundwater Study Guide & Activity Sheets

Below you will find links to a series of .pdf files that you can download and print to make a comprehensive set of activities for 6th - 9th grade students. To view these documents, you will need to have Adobe's Acrobat Reader. You can download it from the Adobe web site at http://www.adobe.com. Click here if you need further assistance for downloading these files.

The entire Groundwater Study Guide:

Groundwater Wisconsin's Buried Treasure Study Guide [PDF 2MB] It may take a long time to download.

All Activity Guides [PDF 1.3MB]

Or, you can download the Groundwater Study Guide in sections.
Advisable for slower computers and Internet connections.

1. Introduction and Glossary [PDF 438KB]
2. The Water Cycle-Round and Round it Goes
   activity [PDF 293KB] and worksheets [PDF 1.3MB]
3. How Groundwater Moves
   activity [PDF 180KB] and worksheet [PDF 99KB]
4. Well, Well, Well
   activity [PDF 299KB] and worksheet [PDF 91KB]
5. Wisconsin's Major Aquifers
   activity [PDF 324KB] and worksheets [PDF 305KB]
6. Plume of Contamination
   activity [PDF 181KB] and worksheet [PDF 121KB]
7. Where Does it Come From?...Where Does it Go?
   activity [PDF 177KB]
8. How Septic Sytems Work
   activity [PDF 268KB] and worksheets [PDF 382KB]
9. Caution: This Product May be Hazardous to Your Health
   activity [PDF 157KB] and worksheets [PDF 520KB]
10. It'll Go With the Flow...
    activity [PDF 204B] and worksheets [PDF 1.3MB]
11. What if Water Cost as Much as Gasoline?
    activity [PDF 1.3MB] and worksheet [PDF 119KB]
12. Rights or Fights
    activity [PDF 208KB] and worksheets [PDF 87KB]
13. Trouble in Paradise
    activity [PDF 234KB] and worksheet [PDF 185KB]
14. More Groundwater Activities [PDF 110KB]
15. Publications [PDF 79KB]
16. Back Cover and Credits [PDF 50KB]
Last Revised: Wednesday March 31 2010