Ground Water Institutes for Teachers is an innovative two-day training program the American Ground Water Trust developed to help educators increase their understanding of ground water science and water resource issues. It has only been in the last 40 years that the nature and origins of ground water has come to be understood scientifically. Therefore, it is not surprising that there still remains much misinformation about this vital resource. Teachers with an expanded comfort zone about ground water are more likely to correctly and effectively teach their students about its environmental and economic value with a positive and motivating style. When teachers are inspired, their students will benefit.
The American Ground Water Trust believes that a new approach in the classrooms of America will help achieve effective water resource protection and management.