Grades 7–8 Writing prompt
Should Cedarville Raise Its Water Rates? An Argument Essay
Students read the real trade-offs behind a town's frozen water rates, then write an argument essay that must answer the strongest case against raising them.
K-12 curriculum from the water industry
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Water belongs to more than the science classroom. Each subject below has materials built on real water-sector contexts, from mathematics and writing to civics, engineering, art, and health.
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Grades 5–6 Lab / experiment
Gravel, Sand, and Charcoal: Building a Column Water Filter
Teams build two column water filters in different layer orders, pour standardized muddy water through each, and compare clarity data in a fair, science-fair-ready test.
Grades 6–7 Project
Schoolyard Stormwater Runoff: An Audit and Design Project
Teams map their schoolyard's hard and soft surfaces, calculate real stormwater runoff in gallons, trace where it drains, and pitch a fix to a real school decision-maker.
Grades 6–7 Math problem set
Water Tower Height and Pressure: Unit-Rate Problems
Eight problems that turn the town water tower into unit-rate practice, converting height to pressure with the real 0.433 psi-per-foot rule operators use.
Grades 10–11 Debate kit
The Direct Potable Reuse Debate: Recycled Water for Rioverde
A structured classroom debate on whether a drought-stressed city should purify wastewater into drinking water, with a two-sided evidence file built from real projects.
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The directory describes 64 external water-education resources, from federal agencies to utility classroom programs, noting what each offers, which grades it fits, and whether it is free. The standards indexes cover 261 water-connectable standards across four frameworks.