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What is a description of awesome aquifers?
Students will construct + answer questions about groundwater concepts
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What is the team size and approx. time of awesome aquifers?
Teams of up to 2 approx. 50 min
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What are the event parameters of awesome aquifers?
Supervisor supplies score sheets, water, station 2 resources and station 3 building objectives. Students required to bring any materials needed to assemble an aquifer on-site. Entire aquifer housed in transparent container not bigger than 3 liters. Container can be cut or punctured in advance, but must be brought empty. Electric pumps/tools + commercial flow models not allowed. Cannot bring notes, texts, or references. Students responsible for taking + properly disposing of all materials used in assembly.
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What are some suggested material and possible concepts for awesome aquifers?
- * Sand + gravel
- * Modeling clay/ plumber?s putty
- * Materials for wells + pumps (soap bottle pumps, aquarium tubing + plastic syringes
- * Well-screening materials ex. nylon hose, cotton, coffee filetrs
- * Sponge
- * Aluminum foil and/or plastic wrap or sheeting
- * Material (food coloring or powdered drink mix) to represent contaminants
- * Remeditation materials like coffee filters, fabric squares, charcoal etc.
- * Items useful in creating/demonstrating aquifer, but not part of it
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What is station 1 in awesome aquifers?
written test on groundwater concepts and vocab (multiple choice, T/F, fill in the blank, short answer)
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What is Station 2 in awesome aquifers?
written test using provided resources (multiple choice, T/F, fill in the blank, short answer)
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What is Station 3 in awesome aquifers?
build aquifer to explain/demonstrate concepts chosen by event supervisors. May create notes here for station 4.
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How long do you get at each station in awesome aquifers?
10 min
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What are possible concepts for awesome aquifers?
Recharge, discharge, connection between surface and groundwater, groundwater contamination, remediation, and safe yield from aquifer
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What is Station 4 in awesome aquifers?
Use aquifer built in station 3 to explain/demonstrate required concepts to a judhe. Info may be presented in any way or order, same demo can be used for multiple concepts, juadge may ask clarifying questions if time remaining
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How does scoring work in awesome aquifers?
Highest score wins, station 1-25%, station 2-25%, and station 4 ? 50%. First tiebreaker: highest score at station 4. 2nd tiebreaker, highest score on pre-selected questions at stations 1 and 2. Answers must have units where appropriate
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What is awesome aquifers sponsored by?
Groundwater foundation
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