Water Health & Consumer Science · Grade 6

These materials address hydration, water safety, and home water use, and treat reading a water bill or a water quality report as a practical consumer skill.

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

Grade 6 Worksheet

The Alderpine Community Pool Saturday Chemical Log

A grade 6 worksheet on a fictional pool's four daily chlorine and pH readings, covering mean, range, percent change, ratios, and why a chlorine smell misleads.

Health & Consumer Science 40 min Answer key

Grade 6 Lesson plan

Nine Dripping Faucets at Barrowmede Court Apartments

A grade 6 consumer health lesson in which students size household leaks as a percent of normal use and price a fictional apartment building's dripping faucets.

Health & Consumer Science 50 min Answer key

Grade 6 Project

The Petrosyan Water Bill: A Halverpine Home Savings Plan

A four-session grade 6 project in which students audit a fictional household water bill, pick three changes, and build a one-page savings plan for the family.

Health & Consumer Science 4 sessions, ~180 min total Answer key

Grade 6 Writing prompt

Why Sculley Creek Closes After a Storm in Larchgrove

A grade 6 informative writing prompt asking students to explain a fictional park's rain closure rule for a creek swim area using runoff data and test results.

Health & Consumer Science 2 sessions, ~90 min total Answer key

Grade 6 Lab / experiment

Hard Water and Soap: The Nettlecrag Suds Test

A grade 6 consumer health lab comparing how many drops of soap it takes to make lasting suds in plain tap water and in water stirred with Epsom salt.

Health & Consumer Science 50 min Answer key

Grade 6 Writing prompt

Fountains or a Filling Station at Pemberwick Middle School

A grade 6 argument writing prompt with fictional usage counts, survey results, and costs for replacing a school drinking fountain with a filtered filling station.

Health & Consumer Science 2 sessions, ~90 min total Answer key

Grade 6 Project

Three Days Without the Tap: A Skelthorne Home Water Plan

A three-session grade 6 project in which students size, price, and lay out a fictional family's stored-water supply for a three-day water main outage.

Health & Consumer Science 3 sessions, ~135 min total Answer key

Grade 6 Graphic organizer

Well Water at Windlemere or City Water at Crowpine

A grade 6 compare and contrast organizer on who treats, tests, pays for, and reports on a private well against a city water supply, with a completed exemplar.

Health & Consumer Science 40 min Answer key

Grade 6 Reading passage

The Sunday the Wexlow Tap Tasted Like a Pool

A grade 6 reading passage in which a family traces a strong chlorine taste to routine utility maintenance, plus six comprehension questions and an answer key.

Health & Consumer Science 45 min Answer key

Grade 6 Classroom activity

Home Water Safety: A Grade 6 Sorting Activity

A grade 6 card-sort activity where students read short home water situations, decide whether to drink, skip, or take a step first, and cite the clue.

Health & Consumer Science 35 min Answer key