Looking for ways to teach geology to your students? We’ve developed some lesson plans to assist! In our newest lesson plan, students will use modeling clay to create a model of Wisconsin’s four main aquifers. …
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How to identify red granite (the Wisconsin state rock)
This webpage was developed as part of the 2021 Wisconsin Science Festival, but you can learn from this page and do the activity anytime! Wisconsin is proud of its geological assets. Among the state symbols, like …
UW Science Expeditions 2021: Create your own groundwater model
Learn firsthand about the connection between surface water and groundwater! Using a plastic shoebox, sand, and a turkey baster, participants will see how water enters and moves through an aquifer. This activity helps participants learn how water …
2020 Year in Review
Director’s Message 2020 was one of the most unusual years in the long history of the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey. January began normally, with WGNHS staff involved primarily in office projects and participating …
Aerial survey in northeast Wisconsin
In January 2021, northeastern Wisconsinites may notice a low-flying helicopter towing a large, hoop-shaped sensor. The helicopter’s sensor uses airborne electromagnetic (AEM) technology to gather data that will help scientists update depth to bedrock maps. …
2019 Year in Review
Curious about what the Survey was up to in 2019? As always, it was a busy year for us. We worked on projects across the state of Wisconsin, from the shores of the Great Lakes to the Mississippi …
Wisconsin’s Karst Aquifers
On February 19, 2020, WGNHS hydrogeologist Maureen Muldoon gave a talk for Wednesday Nite @ The Lab (WN@TL) entitled “Why Are Wisconsin’s Karst Aquifers So Susceptible to Groundwater Contamination?” This talk focused on the hydrogeology …
Streams of Data from Streams of Wisconsin
In this August 2019 talk for Wednesday Nite @ The Lab (WN@TL), WGNHS hydrogeologist Dave Hart explained how he and his team used canoes outfitted with an array of sensors to record vast amounts of …
Uncovering Wisconsin’s geologic past
Looking for ways to teach geology to your students? We’ve developed some lesson plans to assist! Getting a handle on rock layers and deep time In this two-part lesson plan, students create a three-dimensional model …
Making samples and data readily accessible
Carsyn Ames is the Samples Coordinator for the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey. She joined the Survey in June 2018 after completing her Masters in Geoscience at the University of Iowa. Before that, she …