Welcome to the Learning Zone!
We created these portals to be used in shorter, more flexible settings. They have ties to the larger project-based learned curriculum experience of the Edwards Aquifer Authority Education Outreach Center, but these activities require less time and preparation.
Here you will find hands-on, experiential learning portals designed with multiple ways to learn and get excited about the story of the Edwards Aquifer and all of its ecosystems.
WATCH: The Contributing Zone (1:01)
The source of our water in South Central Texas, the Edwards Aquifer, has an entire zone where water seeps and drains into the ground. One of the three zones that form our aquifer is the Contributing Zone. Every day we make choices. We can choose to make our world better and protect our aquifer.
Vocabulary
Artesian Zone
The section of the Edwards Aquifer where the water pressure brings water to the surface naturally in springs and some wells.
Contributing Zone
Recharge Zone
Groundwater
Aquifer
PODCAST
The Recharge Zone Podcast is the official podcast for the Edwards Aquifer Authority (EAA), a regional water management agency, which protects the portion of the Balcones Fault Zone Edwards Aquifer – a jurisdictional area that provides water to over 2 million people, and covers more than 8,000 square miles across 8 counties! Tune in to charge up your knowledge on all things Edwards Aquifer from the EAA.
All About the Aquifer
Aquifer Access
Conserve & Protect
Grow Green
Water Cycle Wonder
Amazing Adaptations:
Meet the Texas Blind Salamander
Birds of a Feather
Exploring Ecosystems
Guardians of the Aquifer: Meet the Beetles