Water Careers & CTE · Grade 6

Career materials present the full range of water-sector paths, from operator licensure after high school through engineering degrees and graduate research.

31 materials written for this grade · refine by type, topic, or standard in the catalog

Grade 6 Math problem set

Calderway's Log Pages: Which Training Hours Count

A grade 6 careers problem set in which students use one month of a water trainee's log pages to decide which supervised hours count toward a Class 2 operator license.

Careers & CTE 45 min Answer key

Grade 6 Graphic organizer

A Shift at Cresswater: An Operator's Tasks and Skills

A grade 6 careers organizer mapping one treatment operator's shift to the skills each task uses, where those skills are learned, and who depends on the work.

Careers & CTE 25 min Answer key

Grade 6 Quiz & test questions

Dunnholt Backflow Tester: A Water Careers Quiz

A grade 6 careers quiz on the cross-connection control specialist's job, mixing multiple choice, short answer, and percent and unit-rate computation.

Careers & CTE 30 min Answer key

Grade 6 Math problem set

Hartsmoor Valve Crew: A Week of Unit Rates

A grade 6 careers problem set on a valve maintenance crew's week, covering valves-per-hour unit rates, percent of a program finished, and decimal multiplication.

Careers & CTE 45 min Answer key

Grade 6 Graphic organizer

Ingleforth's Two Plants: Comparing Two Operator Jobs

A grade 6 careers organizer comparing a drinking water operator and a wastewater operator on sources, daily tests, licenses, and who is harmed by a mistake.

Careers & CTE 30 min Answer key

Grade 6 Project

Kirkhaven Is Hiring: A Grade 6 Water Job Posting Project

A four-session grade 6 project in which teams research one water utility job, write a posting and a 90-day training plan, and argue for it before a district board.

Careers & CTE 4 sessions, ~200 min total Answer key

Grade 6 Quiz & test questions

Testing Hydrants in Orrinbeck: A Valve Technician Quiz

A grade 6 careers quiz on hydrant flow testing, asking students to find pressure drops, a hydrants-per-hour unit rate, and a percent from a crew's day log.

Careers & CTE 35 min Answer key

Grade 6 Debate kit

Selwick's New Meters: A Debate on Retraining Workers

A grade 6 debate kit on whether a water department should retrain its meter readers as leak technicians, with two-sided evidence and a town meeting format.

Careers & CTE 2 sessions, ~55 min total Answer key

Grade 6 Debate kit

Wrendale's One New Job: A Water Careers Debate Kit

A grade 6 debate kit on whether a water district should hire a conservation coordinator or a third pipe repair worker, with two-sided evidence and role notes.

Careers & CTE 2 sessions, ~60 min total Answer key

Grade 6 Reading passage

Ardenridge Water Reuse Plant: A Day With the Operator

A grade 6 careers reading passage following a water reuse plant operator through one shift in a dry town, with six comprehension questions and an answer key.

Careers & CTE 35 min Answer key

Grade 6 Math problem set

Cottonwood Pump Station Flow Log: Rates and Percents

A grade 6 careers math set where students use a pump operator's flow log to work with gallons-per-minute unit rates, a ratio, a percent full, and one MGD conversion.

Careers & CTE 40 min Answer key

Grade 6 Reading passage

Mapping the Dunmore Basin: A Hydrologist's Water Career

A grade 6 careers reading passage following a hydrologist who studies a shrinking aquifer, with comprehension questions on her fieldwork and long education path.

Careers & CTE 35 min Answer key

Grade 6 Career spotlight

Designing a Membrane Plant: A Water Engineer Profile

A grade 6 career profile of an environmental engineer who designs a reverse-osmosis membrane addition to a drinking-water plant, covering the degree and license path.

Careers & CTE 30 min Answer key

Grade 6 Worksheet

Harmon Falls Water Rates: A Rate Analyst Worksheet

A grade 6 careers worksheet where students work as a utility rate analyst, finding percent rate increases and checking a bill against an affordability guideline.

Careers & CTE 35 min Answer key

Grade 6 Worksheet

Northsedge Nutrient Recovery Technician: A Shift Log

A grade 6 careers worksheet where students read a nutrient recovery technician's shift log, finding phosphorus removal percents, a production rate, and a permit check.

Careers & CTE 40 min Answer key