Introductory groundwater laboratory exercise for in-person and online teaching modes

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Audrey H Sawyer Jason Cervenec Joseph Schulze

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Audrey H Sawyer

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Feb 08, 2022 at 8:31 a.m.

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Apr 13, 2022 at 9:14 p.m.

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10.4211/hs.7f6295a88f2743a58e3447db650df0d2

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Abstract

This resource includes parallel online and in-person versions of an introductory laboratory exercise focused on groundwater. A pre-lab activity introduces students to the concept of groundwater as a resource and its flow. In the lab exercise, students make either in-person or virtual measurements of groundwater levels in a network of wells and create a contour map of the water table. Students will determine how the lake is connected to groundwater, what the differences are between lake water and groundwater quality, and whether the groundwater is likely to be potable. Specific educational goals of the exercise are to introduce students to the concept of groundwater and how it flows, gain confidence collecting environmental data, and learn to make and interpret a contour map. The exercise is geographically situated in the Mirror Lake Water Science Learning Laboratory, an outdoor laboratory space in the heart of The Ohio State University’s Main Campus in Columbus, Ohio (USA). Materials can be adapted for other observational well networks. The content is appropriate for general education or introductory classes in earth or environmental science, geology, and environmental engineering.

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WGS 84 EPSG:4326

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Ohio State University

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-83.0141°

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39.9980°

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Contents: GroundwaterPrelabActivity.docx: Intended for in-person and online students (pre-lab activity, consisting of reading and questions) / GroundwaterLab_inperson.docx: Intended for in-person students (main lab activity) / GroundwaterLab_online.docx: Intended for online students (main lab activity) / GroundwaterLab_map.pptx: Intended for in-person and online students (editable contour map that students can use to make their own maps) / well2.MOV: Intended for online students (video of the measurement process) / MirrorLakeGroundwaterMeasurements.docx: Intended for online students (photographs needed to complete the main lab activity) / GroundwaterPrelabActivity_KEY.docx: Intended for instructors of in-person and online students (key for pre-lab activity) / GroundwaterLab_KEY.docx: Intended for instructors of in-person and online students (key for main lab activity) / GroundwaterLab_map_KEY.pptx: Intended for instructors of in-person and online students (editable contour map with reasonable answers for the online version of the lab)

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This resource was created using funding from the following sources:

Agency Name	Award Title	Award Number
National Science Foundation	CAREER: Dynamic water table controls on reactive solute transport near the groundwater-surface water interface	EAR-1752995

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People or Organizations that contributed technically, materially, financially, or provided general support for the creation of the resource's content but are not considered authors.

Name	Organization	Address	Phone	Author Identifiers
Stephen Volkmann	Ohio State University

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Sawyer, A. H., J. Cervenec, J. Schulze (2022). Introductory groundwater laboratory exercise for in-person and online teaching modes, HydroShare, https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.7f6295a88f2743a58e3447db650df0d2

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