Water Science in Iowa Workshop for Teachers
EARTHSCI 6233 Workshop: Iowa's Emerging Water Quality Issues: Contamination to Recreation
Expand your science teaching skills this summer as you gain knowledge in the origins, pathways, and mitigation of lead and other contaminants in Iowa's water resources, explore and apply water quality and climate data, discover the interrelationships between groundwater and watershed science, and learn to use water science to interpret the future of water in Iowa.
- 3 units of graduate credit
- Five online sessions during March and April 2024 with an in-person field-based water workshop, June 10-13, 2024
- Tuition is covered by a Department of Education grant! Course is limited to 12 teachers.
Teachers will learn
- Water's diverse value, applications and future in Iowa
- Chemical and physical properties of Iowa's land and water
- How ground and surface water is sampled and analyzed
- Methods for accessing online water data
- Strategies for integrating authentic data in student activities
- Ways to test their school's water infrastructure
- Contaminant pathways
- Water mitigation efforts
Explore Emerging Water Quality Issues
Interested in exploring Iowa's water issues? Enjoy using Iowa data in your classroom? This opportunity is for you! Participants will learn about emerging water quality issues such as:
- Water contamination from lead, medicines, and micro-plastics
- Changing water availability
- Developing water recreation opportunities
- Watershed restoration - rural to urban
- Water conservation, reciprocity and/or sustainability
Online & On Campus
The online component of the workshop is offered asynchronously or synchronously via Zoom from 4 to 6 p.m. on March 5, 19, and 26 and April 9 and 23.
The summer workshop will be held in-person June 10-13, 2024 from approximately 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The University of Northern Iowa campus will be our base camp. The in-person workshop days will consist of active, field-based opportunities that will explore the area's water.
Tuition for this 3-credit course will be paid through a Department of Education grant. Room, board and parking
fees will also be covered by the grant.
This course will be led by Chad Heinzel, Ph.D. faculty at the University of Northern Iowa in collaboration with the Iowa Department of Education, Tiffany Morgan from Iowa PBS, and water professionals from around Iowa.
Online & On Campus
The online component of the workshop is offered asynchronously or synchronously via Zoom from 4 to 6 p.m. on March 5, 19, and 26 and April 9 and 23.
The summer workshop will be held in-person June 10-13, 2024 from approximately 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The University of Northern Iowa campus will be our base camp. The in-person workshop days will consist of active, field-based opportunities that will explore the area's water.
Tuition for this 3-credit course will be paid through a Department of Education grant. Room, board and parking
fees will also be covered by the grant.
This course will be led by Chad Heinzel, Ph.D. faculty at the University of Northern Iowa in collaboration with the Iowa Department of Education, Tiffany Morgan from Iowa PBS, and water professionals from around Iowa.
Questions?
Chad Heinzel, Ph.D.
- Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- chad.heinzel@uni.edu
- 319-273-6168
Jamie Anderson
- Enrollment Contact
- jamie.anderson@uni.edu
- 319-273-7206
The aggregation of preparation, time on tasks, assignments, and interaction reflects rigor and expectations equivalent to the federal definition of the credit hour - 15 hours of direct faculty instruction and a minimum of 30 hours of out-of-class student work for each credit hour awarded.