Awesome Aquifers B

[TYG]

How do you study? Any suggestions? Ive been using note cards.

There are also quite a few vocabulary sets on quizlet. Just search up "Awesome Aquifers" or something of the sort.

[mnstrviola]

A link to vocabulary terms can be found at the bottom of the Awesome Aquifers wiki page.

http://www.groundwater.org/gi/gwglossary.html
best glossary to study from IMO

[etibbetts]

I got the words and definition at groundwater.org. when I built the aquifer for a test it did not work to well. I got a video from groundwater.org. My coach has a video as well for me to look at but i have not yet looked at it.

NO EXPERIANCE

[Skink]

No experience is no excuse; you can medal no problem in this or any other event. Watch the video, construct your aquifer (which I think you did), and tell us specifically why it didn't work well. I can't help you unless I know exactly what the problem is.

[FueL]

I got the words and definition at groundwater.org. when I built the aquifer for a test it did not work to well.

Ah yes, don't worry about that. When my partner and I built our first aquifer, it was a disaster even though we knew theoretically what we had to do. It takes a couple of tries to get it right, but you'll learn what not to do/good materials to use/etc. very quickly.

It just takes practice and a lot of trial and error. I suggest copying an online aquifer model to start off with, because you'll be able to make modifications off of it to tailor to your specific needs and the demonstration requirements.

P.S. Don't use sand! It gets really messy, really fast. Gravel is much better.

[Fossil Freak 25]

I got the words and definition at groundwater.org. when I built the aquifer for a test it did not work to well.

Ah yes, don't worry about that. When my partner and I built our first aquifer, it was a disaster even though we knew theoretically what we had to do. It takes a couple of tries to get it right, but you'll learn what not to do/good materials to use/etc. very quickly.

It just takes practice and a lot of trial and error. I suggest copying an online aquifer model to start off with, because you'll be able to make modifications off of it to tailor to your specific needs and the demonstration requirements.

P.S. Don't use sand! It gets really messy, really fast. Gravel is much better.

I agree with FueL do not use sand, it also comes up the well when you withdraw water form the model aquifer

[TYG]

I got the words and definition at groundwater.org. when I built the aquifer for a test it did not work to well.

Ah yes, don't worry about that. When my partner and I built our first aquifer, it was a disaster even though we knew theoretically what we had to do. It takes a couple of tries to get it right, but you'll learn what not to do/good materials to use/etc. very quickly.

It just takes practice and a lot of trial and error. I suggest copying an online aquifer model to start off with, because you'll be able to make modifications off of it to tailor to your specific needs and the demonstration requirements.

P.S. Don't use sand! It gets really messy, really fast. Gravel is much better.

I agree with FueL do not use sand, it also comes up the well when you withdraw water form the model aquifer

You could always use a filter at the end of whatever tube you're using to withdraw water. Though personally, I also don't use sand either. Once you pour the water in, the sand kind of implodes and sinks, since it initially isn't packed in.

[Skink]

General consensus: avoid sand, period. Nobody wants to clean up after it. Think of it in this way. Everything in your model should be there to serve some purpose ie to demonstrate some term or somethingorother. If you have it in there just for the sake of it, it probably shouldn't be there and can be substituted for some other gravel layer.

[etibbetts]

the compitition is tommorrow and i still dont know how to build one. I will try to research tonight but I will see how I do tommorrow! I might need a partner I will ask if anyone can come and help that is on my team and is avalible.

[FueL]

You know that you have to provide your own materials to build the aquifer, right?

And why do you have a competition in November?