Contents

1996

Kansas Summer Geography Institute

Title

 Grade
Levels*

Author

 Subject
If you Give a Farmer Some Water  4-5 Marilyn Bahney Cooperative Learning, Irrigation, Reeves Cattle Company, Economics, Science
Examining Garden City's Growth  4-6 Bonnie Baker Culture, Feedlot/Meatpacking Plants, Immigration, Populations Growth, Time Lines, Math, Economics, Art/Construction
A Simulation of Kansas Water Rights  K-5 Melanie Campbell Groundwater, Rainfall, Water Rights, Math, Science
Our Water Resources  7-8 Susan Davidson Aquifers, Groundwater, Pollution, Science
The Little Drop That Could  7-8 LaVerne Engelhardt Conservation, Groundwater, Rainfall, Reeves Cattle Company, Economics, Science
Oils Well That Ends Well  2-8 Don Everhart Aquifers, Pollution, Science
A Little Cup Will Do You!  4-5 Karen Franz Conservation, Math, Science
Irrigation in Southwest Kansas  4-8 C. Darlene Handlin Aquifers, Cooperative Learning, Feedlot/Meatpacking Plants, Irrigation
Aquifer in a Bottle  4-8 Michael Janzen Aquifers, Water Quality, Science
This Little Piggy Went to Market  7-9 Deanna Kuder Ecology, Hog Farms, Pollution, Health, Economics, Science
Groundwater Distribution  9-12 Shelli Lalicker Aquifers, Climate, Groundwater, Water Rights,
Water and the Law  11-12 Tom McBride Court Cases, Water Rights, Law
Map on the Wall  4-5 Karol McChesney Aquifers, Cartography, Map Usage,
The Mystery of the Corn Production in Kansas  3-6 Carolyn Myers Agriculture, Rainfall, Writing, Math, Reading
Groundwater Flow  4 Denise Salsbury Groundwater, Art/Construction, Science
Around and Around theWater Cycle  4-6 Bruce Swihart Water Cycle, History, Science
A Western Kansas Dilemma  10-12 E. A. Vrabac Map Usage, Water Rights, Current Events, History, Math, Writing
Weather Modification on the Great Plains  8-12 Tonya Wienck Map Usage, Weather Modification, Reading, Writing, Science, Current Events
Irrigating Wisely  5-8 Barry Witten Agriculture, Cooperative Learning, Environment, Irrigation, Art/Construction, Science, Writing
The Mighty Arkansas Basin  9-12 Doug Boardman Agriculture, Cartography, Five Themes (as a teaching technique), Map Usage, Water Usage,
Who Owns the Water?  7-12 Beth Denney Cooperative Learning, Court Cases, Map Usage, Water Rights, Current Events, Law
Looking at Watersheds  6-9 Judy D. Dollard Watersheds, History, Science
Just Waiting for a Drink  3-6 Cheryl Everhart Environment, Wetlands, Reading
Place Poem  5-8 Lou Ann Getz Local and Regional Settings, Current Events, History, Current Events, History, Language Arts,
Is There Water Here?  K-3 Nancy Hurt Aquifers, Ecosystems, Groundwater, Art/Construction
Water Appropriations Act  4 Virginia Kepley Water Rights, Economics, Law, Math
Whose Water Is It?  5-8 Melissa Luthi Conservation, Habitats, Wetlands, Economics
Using Our Natural Resources Wisely  6-8 Lois Lutz Aquifers, Conservation, Reeves Cattle Company, Economics, Science
Kansas Water Usage: How Much is Enough?  7-12 Paul Phillips Cartography, Isolines, Map Usage, Water Usage
Whose Water Is It, Anyway?  3-6 Karen Reinert Graphing, Water Rights, History, Law, Math, Science, Language Arts,
Living on the Ogallala  3-8 Betty Ruhlen Aquifers, Conservation, Ecosystems, Feedlot/Meatpacking Plants, Science
Give Them Power  3-8 Stephen Sakaguchi Aquifers, Conservation, Groundwater, Art/Construction, Language Arts, Science,
Ceiling Water-O  4-8 Diana A. Hoffman Vocabulary Usage, Water Usage,
Make a Mini-Aquifer  4 Kathleen Lomshek Aquifers, Science

Appendix A Glossary of Geographic Terms
Appendix B Maps
Subject Index  

*It should be noted that all lessons are adaptable.

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