Grade 7 Worksheet
Quarry Bend's Aging Pipes: A Percent and Priorities Worksheet
A grade 7 worksheet on a fictional water district's aging pipe network, using percent and cost calculations to plan which pipes to replace first.
Water Social Studies & Civics · Grade 7
These materials cover water policy, geography, economics, and history, including how rate hearings work, how rivers shape settlement, and how communities govern a shared resource.
41 materials written for this grade · refine by type, topic, or standard in the catalog
Grade 7 Worksheet
Water Use in the Ravensmere, Tarnsley, and Ingerfield Basins
A grade 7 worksheet comparing farm, household, and factory water use in three fictional river basins using percent shares and a drought cut.
Grade 7 Reading passage
The Ridgeline Dam and Kestrel Valley: Gains and Losses
A grade 7 social studies passage on a fictional dam that brought power and flood control to a region while flooding a valley and moving a town.
Grade 7 Debate kit
Should Rivermont Sell Its Water System? A Grade 7 Debate
A grade 7 debate kit on whether a fictional town should sell its public water system to a private company, with two-sided evidence on repairs, rates, and control.
Grade 7 Classroom activity
The Sandhill Aquifer Table: A Shared Groundwater Role-Play
A grade 7 role-play where students act as stakeholders sharing one fictional aquifer and negotiate pumping limits before the groundwater runs too low.
Grade 7 Reading passage
When Whitmarsh's Wells Turned Salty
An original grade 7 passage about a fictional coastal town whose summer pumping pulls salt water into its wells, and the three supply options it weighs.
Grade 7 Writing prompt
Should Yewbridge Limit Lawn Fertilizer?
A grade 7 argument prompt on a fictional town's proposed ban on phosphorus lawn fertilizer, with background on algae, storm drains, and enforcement.
Grade 7 Writing prompt
Who Pays for PFAS Removal? An Argument Essay
A grade 7 argument prompt on how a fictional town should pay for PFAS treatment upgrades, using the real federal contaminant limit and deadline as evidence.
Grade 7 Lesson plan
Regulating Runoff on Blackberry Fork: A Nutrient Policy Lesson
A grade 7 lesson using a fictional watershed council to weigh a farm buffer-strip policy against its effect on nutrient runoff, dissolved oxygen, and different groups.
Grade 7 Reading passage
Elm Harbor's Lead Pipe Inventory: A Federal Rule Reaches Home
A grade 7 informational passage following a fictional city's lead service line inventory, tracing how a federal drinking-water rule becomes a local public works project.
Grade 7 Lesson plan
Fernvale's Retiring Operators: The Economics of the Water Workforce
A grade 7 lesson pairing a fictional utility's retirement wave with real national water-operator data to examine training as an economic decision affecting many groups.
Grade 7 Lesson plan
Hoover Dam and the Colorado River: Who Benefits and Who Pays
A grade 7 lesson using Hoover Dam to examine how one shared-river project distributes costs and benefits across nearby and distant communities in the Southwest.
Grade 7 Worksheet
Millbrook's Water Rate Hearing: A Percent-Increase Worksheet
A grade 7 worksheet on a fictional town's proposed water rate increase, applying multistep percent problems and a common affordability guideline to different households.
Grade 7 Reading passage
No Fence Underground: Who Owns the Water Beneath a Farm?
A grade 7 informational passage on groundwater rights, following a fictional farming region's shift from unlimited private pumping toward shared conservation rules.
Grade 7 Worksheet
Is One Tap Enough? Sampling Rowan Springs' Water Supply
A grade 7 worksheet on representative sampling and federal testing rules, using a fictional city's lead and turbidity monitoring program and real EPA thresholds.
Grade 7 Debate kit
Toilet to Tap? A Grade 7 Debate on Water Recycling
A grade 7 debate kit on whether a fictional coastal town should build a water-recycling plant instead of a new reservoir, with evidence for both sides.
Grade 7 Worksheet
The Twin Rivers Compact: Allocating Water in Acre-Feet
A grade 7 worksheet using a fictional two-state river compact to practice acre-foot conversions and multistep percent problems tied to interstate water allocation.