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 Lesson plan
A 50-minute grade 6 lesson where students model evaporation and condensation to explain how a solar still turns seawater into fresh water in a fictional coastal town.
Grade 6 Lesson plan
A 50-minute grade 6 lesson in which students model how water moves through a fictional mountain watershed, from snowmelt to a town reservoir and back to the sky.
Grade 6 Worksheet
A grade 6 worksheet where students calculate how efficiently bacteria remove waste at a fictional wastewater plant and compare results to a real federal standard.
Grade 6 Lab / experiment
A grade 6 lab testing pH and dissolved oxygen at two sites on a fictional creek to see whether a storm drain outfall is lowering water quality downstream.
Grade 6 Project
A five-session, two-week grade 6 science fair project testing whether container opening size changes evaporation rate, with data logging and graphing.