Grade 7 Lesson plan
Where a Water Rate Increase Goes: Keswick's Bill and Its Jobs
A 45-minute grade 7 careers lesson where students compute the percent increase on a fictional town's water bill and trace how the revenue pays the utility's workers.
Career materials present the full range of water-sector paths, from operator licensure after high school through engineering degrees and graduate research.
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Grade 7 Lesson plan
A 45-minute grade 7 careers lesson where students compute the percent increase on a fictional town's water bill and trace how the revenue pays the utility's workers.
Grade 7 Worksheet
A grade 7 careers worksheet where students read a water testing technician's field log and compare turbidity, chlorine, pH, and pressure readings to real limits.
Grade 7 Lesson plan
A 45-minute grade 7 careers lesson where students match five real water problems to the water-sector roles that solve them and the education path into each role.
Grade 7 Career spotlight
A grade 7 career spotlight on a water utility instrumentation and SCADA technician, covering daily sensor work, a two-year associate degree path, and the field's outlook.
Grade 7 Career spotlight
A grade 7 career spotlight that follows a drinking water plant operator through a night shift, with the licensing path, real pay figures, and why openings keep coming.
Grade 7 Reading passage
A grade 7 informational passage on why the water sector has steady job openings, the range of roles, and the education paths into each, with comprehension questions.
Grade 7 Classroom activity
A grade 7 station-rotation activity where students perform a hands-on task representative of four real water-sector careers at a fictional treatment plant.