Iowa's Environmental Resources for Teachers - Spring/Summer 2025
The course, workshop and curricula
Content presentations - The following links should take you to our recorded content sessions. If you can participate live log in to the provided Zoom link shortly before 4pm each presentation Tuesday. These will be posted within about 24hrs. Session lengths will very and will not go past 5:50.
Session 1 (March 11, 2025) Iowa's Geologic, Environmental and Geochemical History: Part 1 in person Recording Part 2 - Finishing our Landform Regions, Slide deck 1, Homework #1 due Friday, March 21. Homework links: A.IGS Publications, B. IGS GeoLab
Reference links for Session 1: A. Iowa Geological Survey, B. United States Geological Survey , C. Iowa Science Phenomena C. Natural Resources Conservation Service - Soil
Session 2 (March 25, 2025): Iowa's Environmental Resources - Rock and Energy, Slide Deck #2. Part 1 In person Recording , Part 2 - X-ray Diffraction (XRD) background, Homework #2, Due Friday April 4. Homework links - NY Times article - Minnesota - A Tale of Two Economies
Reference links: Iowa Limestone Producers Association, Iowa Geological Survey/Geosam, United States Geological Survey
Session 3 (April 8, 2025): Iowa's Environmental Resources, Recording - Sediments, Soils and Landscapes, Slide Deck #3, Part 2 - XRF introduction, Homework #3, Due Friday April 18. Links for more information: NRCS, Soil Web, Iowa Health and Human Services - Radon,
Session 4 (April 22, 2025): Iowa's Environmental Resources, Recording - Air and Water Benefits to Hazards Risk Assessment, Slide deck #4, Part 2 - Finishing Session 4 Content AND Intro. to Inductively-Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS), Homework #4, Due Friday May 2, Links for more information: Iowa DOE WIIN Grant Link 1 Link 2 , Link 3 IOWATER Program - Discontinued, archived materials USGS - A. Water Sceince School > B. Surface Water; Stormwater Calculator, My Water Way, AQuIA
U. of Iowa, IIHR, Cedar River Watershed , Iowa Flood Information Center
Dubuque - Bee Branch Creek Restoration
Summer workshop - June 23-26 - Items that you need to bring
One pair of close-toed shoes, water bottle, a pair of pants, one long sleeved shirt notebook, about 15 pages of loose-leaf/lined paper, pencils, water gear e.g. sandals, shorts, change of clothes
Suggested items Personal snacks, sun hat, sunscreen, bug/tick spray, portable coffee mug if you like to drink coffee during the day.' LInks IOWATER Program - Discontinued, archived materials USGS - A. Water Sceince School > B. Surface Water
U. of Iowa, IIHR, Cedar River Watershed , Iowa Flood Information Center
Dubuque - Bee Branch Creek Restoration
Iowa DOE WIIN Grant Link 1 Link 2 , Link 3
Resources
Carleton College, Science Education Research Center, Minnesota - SERC
International Commission on Stratigraphy