HYDROSPHERE




the ocean world
marine life
coastlines
the water cycle and water quality
freshwater ecosystems

GEOSPHERE

  inside the earth
plate tectonics
modeling the earth
earthquakes
volcanoes
avalanches
living at risk
planning for hazards

ATMOSPHERE

  the earth system
paleoclimates
the global carbon cycle
modeling the climate
global warming
el niño & la niña
climate & biodiversity
climate & society

Course Content
Hydrosphere: The Water Cycle and Water Quality

ILLUSTRATED LECTURES

Deserts: Geology and Resources
A. S. Walker, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) General Interest Publications

Flow: The Water Cycle
Acadia National Park Environmental Education, National Parks Service

The Geology of Radon
James K. Otton et al., USGS General Interest Publications

The Hydrologic Cycle
David Bramer and David Wojtowicz, University of Illinois

Models Using STELLA: The Hydrosphere
David Bice, Department of Geology, Carleton College

Notes on Drinking Water and Health
Rolf Deininger, School of Public Health, University of Michigan

Understanding the Global Water Cycle
NASA

Urban Water Quality and Waste Management
Victor Abreu, University of Michigan

Water Quality
NASA Classroom of the Future

IMAGE BANKS, VIDEOS, AND INTERACTIVE RESOURCES

Biosphere 3D
Julia K. Johnson et al., Arizona State University

Burd Run Interdiscipliinary Watershed Research Laboratory
Shippensburg College

The Five Processes of the Hydrologic Cycle
NASA Observatorium

NewsOne Video
ABC News

Rain, Lightning, Hurricanes as Heat Engines
NASA Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

Virtual Museum of Ground Water History
National Ground Water Association

EXERCISES AND LABS

ArcView Water-Use Exercises
Science Applications in Global Explorations (SAGE), University of Arizona

Brownfield Action
Peter Bower et al., Environmental Science, Barnard College, Columbia University

Curriculum Guide for the Climate Impacts Map
Union of Concerned Scientists

Groundwater Resources and Contamination
Andrew B. Heckert, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science

Hydrology Investigation
Project GLOBE

Hydromania
Bonneville Power Administration (Portland, Oregon)

Learning About the Water Around Us
Margaret D. Andrews, Yale—New Haven Teachers Institute

Living with the Great Lakes
Patricia E. Videtich and Erik J. Crooks, Grand Valley State University

Virtual River
Gary Novak, Geology Labs On-line, California State University, Los Angeles

RESEARCH & POLICY

Clean Water Act
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

The Dewatering of Economic Growth: What Accounts for the Declining Water-use Intensity of Income?
Michael T. Rock, in Journal of Industrial Ecology

Fresh Water (selected chapters)
E. C. Pielou (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998)

From the Catskills to Canal Street: New York City's Water Supply
Jill S. Schneiderman, The Earth Around Us: Maintaining a Livable Planet (W. H. Freeman, 2000)

In Hot Water: A Snapshot of the Northwest's Changing Climate
Peter Mazza, Earth Island Institute

Science in Your Watershed: Find Your Watershed
USGS

Watershed Assessment, Tracking & Environmental Results (WATERS)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Water Resources Management, 12(3) 1998–14(3) 2000

World Water Vision Action Newsletter, issue 1 (April 30, 1999) – issue 19 (June 16, 2000)
World Water Council

The World's Water
Peter Glieck, Pacific Institute (Oakland, California)