UW-Eau Claire Associate Professor Sarah Vitale hosted the Groundwater Workshop for K12 Educators on June 30, 2025.
The workshop attracted 12 high school, middle school, elementary school teachers as a university instructor from nine local schools.
Vitale, with assistance from an undergraduate student, led the participants through a variety of activities that they can take back to their classrooms. Activities included classroom instruction on groundwater flow fundamentals, field exercises measuring water depth using the UW-Eau Claire educational wellfield, groundwater flow model exercises, and a tour of the Eau Claire Municipal Water Treatment Plant.
Workshop activities, parking and food were funded through the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin. Participants also received a groundwater model for their school.