Modeling the Ogallala Aquifer on the Texas High Plains

 

 

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Mathematics

Development of the mathematical averaging model
Development of the computational model
Graphical Analysis
Science
Water Chemistry
Water Conservation
Water Quality
Scientific Method
Agricultural Science
Water usage in irrigation systems
Water conservation
Water wells
History and Social Science
Socioeconomic questions testing the wells
Historical aspects of the settlement of the Texas High Plains
Social implications of water depletion
How to solve the problem of the water depletion within the aquifer
Language Arts
Technical Writing of the findings
Peer review of ideas
Co curricular study with "Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck

 

 




Developed by
Marcia Talkmitt and Russ Russell 
Copyright © 2001

Developing Educational Leadership in Computational Science
SC2000 National Computational Science Leadership Program
This project is supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation.  Opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the National Science Foundation.