Creative projects such as poster campaigns, water tower design, and storm-drain murals connect to real civic programs that many utilities sponsor.
Grade 9 Worksheet
Grade 9 art worksheet where students critique four described conservation posters using design principles and build an evidence-based argument for the most effective one.
Art & Music 35 min Answer key
Grade 9 Lesson plan
Grade 9 art students design a one-page infographic comparing desalination and conventional treatment energy, choosing an honest scale, origin, and visual hierarchy.
Art & Music 55 min
Grade 9 Classroom activity
Grade 9 teams run a fast design charrette to shape a landmark water tower silhouette that still meets storage and pressure constraints.
Art & Music 55 min
Grade 9 Project
Grade 9 teams design a three-panel museum exhibit showing nutrients as both resource and pollutant, with an honest dissolved-oxygen chart and a design rationale.
Art & Music 4 sessions, ~220 min total Answer key
Grade 9 Classroom activity
Grade 9 teams storyboard a 30-second animated spot following a water operator's day, building a narrative arc and shot composition around a real career.
Art & Music 50 min
Grade 9 Lesson plan
Grade 9 art students design a clear, non-alarming public water notice about PFAS, applying color meaning, iconography, and accessible plain-language layout.
Art & Music 55 min
Grade 9 Lesson plan
Grade 9 art students design a plain-language poster that explains a confusing water bill, building type hierarchy and writing clear explanatory captions.
Art & Music 50 min
Grade 9 Worksheet
Grade 9 art and data worksheet where students design an accessible value-ramp status dashboard and match displayed precision to instrument limits.
Art & Music 40 min Answer key
Grade 9 Worksheet
Grade 9 art and geometry worksheet where students model a water tower tank as a cylinder and scale a mural design using linear and area scale factors.
Art & Music 40 min Answer key
Grade 9 Classroom activity
Grade 9 teams build a layered cut-paper relief map of a watershed, using value and a legend to show how ridgelines drain water to a town reservoir.
Art & Music 55 min
Grade 9 Project
A grade 9 art and design project where teams create a storm-drain stencil and companion poster explaining that storm drains flow untreated into a local creek.
Art & Music 3 sessions, ~150 min total Answer key