Grade 6 Quiz & test questions
Bellmarsh Water Reclamation: Microbes, Oxygen, and the River
A 30-point grade 6 science quiz on how microbes treat wastewater, using a fictional plant record to test reasoning about oxygen, settling, and river health.
Water Science · Grade 6
These materials teach earth science, chemistry, biology, and physics through water systems, from the water cycle to treatment chemistry.
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Grade 6 Debate kit
Closing Caldmere Reservoir's Ramps to Slow the Mussels
A grade 6 science debate on whether a fictional town should close its boat ramps to keep zebra mussels out, with two-sided evidence on spread, food webs, and cost.
Grade 6 Lesson plan
The Coating Inside Drenmoor's Lead Pipes: A Pipe-Wall Model
A grade 6 science lesson in which students model the protective layer inside a lead service line and use a fictional tap record to explain why lead results jumped.
Grade 6 Lesson plan
Why Halbeck Stays Dry: Modeling Wind Over Dalerift Ridge
A grade 6 science lesson in which students build and use a cross-section model to explain why a fictional coast town is wet and a town past the ridge is dry.
Grade 6 Debate kit
Marchbold's PFAS Choice: Blend the Wells or Add Carbon
A grade 6 science debate on how a fictional town should cut PFAS in its well water, with two-sided evidence on blending and on carbon filters.
Grade 6 Writing prompt
Why Stagbrook's Oxygen Runs Lowest Just Before Sunrise
A grade 6 science argument prompt: students use a 24-hour oxygen and temperature record from a fictional creek to explain the dawn low that killed minnows.
Grade 6 Debate kit
Capping the Pumps Over the Tanmoor Flats Aquifer
A grade 6 science debate on whether a fictional district should limit yearly pumping to what an aquifer gains back, with two-sided well and recharge evidence.
Grade 6 Writing prompt
The White Crust at Tessendale Farm: Where the Salt Came From
A grade 6 science argument prompt: students use water, soil, and rainfall records from a fictional farm to explain why salt is building up in an irrigated field.
Grade 6 Writing prompt
Does Thornmere Pond Freeze Solid? A Winter Argument
A grade 6 science argument prompt: students use a fictional winter temperature profile to explain why a pond freezes from the top down and stays liquid below.
Grade 6 Reading passage
What Lives Under Wrenmere Creek's Gravel Bed
A grade 6 science reading passage on the water that moves through a creek's gravel bed, with fictional monitoring data and six comprehension questions.
Grade 6 Project
Bramford's First Flush: Is the First Rain off the Roof Dirtiest?
A five-session grade 6 science project testing whether early roof runoff is dirtier than later runoff, ending in a data report to a fictional school grounds committee.
Grade 6 Debate kit
Braymere Lake's Swim Beach: Close It After Every Storm?
A grade 6 science debate on whether a fictional town should close its swim beach by a rainfall rule or wait for bacteria test results, with two-sided evidence.
Grade 6 Lesson plan
Coldstone Springs Well Hardness: The Limestone Underneath
A grade 6 lesson where students compare hardness data from a fictional district's limestone and granite wells and explain how water dissolving rock creates both.
Grade 6 Writing prompt
Why Dunwilloe's Water Mains Break in February
A grade 6 science argument prompt using a fictional town's break log, frost depths, and repair notes to explain why water main breaks peak in late winter.
Grade 6 Writing prompt
Ellerby Reservoir's Musty August Water: Which Intake Depth?
A grade 6 science argument prompt using a fictional reservoir's summer depth profile to decide which intake depth a plant should use and why algae grow where they do.
Grade 6 Lesson plan
Marchfield Bend Septic Drainfield: Soil as a Treatment Step
A grade 6 lesson set at a fictional home with no sewer, where students trace how a septic tank and soil drainfield clean wastewater and find percent removal.
Grade 6 Reading passage
The Fibers in the Ossley River: Counting Microplastics
A grade 6 science reading passage on how a fictional volunteer team samples and counts microplastics, with a data table and seven comprehension questions.
Grade 6 Lesson plan
Road Salt in Merribeck Creek: A Winter Chloride Record
A grade 6 lesson where students summarize a fictional town's winter chloride readings, compare them with a creek guideline, and plan how to monitor and cut salt use.
Grade 6 Debate kit
Beaver Dams on Hollowsett Brook: Remove Them or Leave Them?
A grade 6 science debate on whether a fictional town should pull out three beaver dams, with two-sided evidence on flooding, water temperature, oxygen, and habitat.
Grade 6 Worksheet
Which Way Is the Groundwater Moving Under Denholm Yard?
A grade 6 science worksheet using three fictional monitoring wells to find water-table elevations, the flow direction of a diesel spill, and where to drill the next well.
Grade 6 Worksheet
Reading Alderfen's Water Quality Report: Numbers and Limits
A grade 6 science worksheet where students read a fictional town's yearly water quality table, compare each result to its legal limit, and subtract to find the margin.
Grade 6 Lab / experiment
Amberton's Cloudy Water: Building and Testing a Sand Filter
A grade 6 science lab where students build a layered bottle filter, run muddy water through it, rate cloudiness on a 0-to-10 scale, and calculate the percent removed.
Grade 6 Lesson plan
Ardenmill's Incoming Front: Weather Data and Reservoir Inflow
A 50-minute grade 6 lesson in which students read a day of Ardenmill weather station data, track a passing cold front, and estimate the reservoir inflow it produced.
Grade 6 Worksheet
Ashgrove Water Reclamation: Nitrogen In, Nitrogen Out
A grade 6 worksheet on a fictional reclamation plant, where students find nitrogen removal percent and weigh nitrogen as a river pollutant and a farm resource.