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.
C3 Framework · Grades 6–8
D2.Geo.10.6-8 Regional variation in cultural and environmental characteristics
Analyze the ways in which cultural and environmental characteristics vary among various regions of the world.
Why water teaches this standard well
Rainfall, rivers, and groundwater vary enormously among world regions, and that variation drives differences in farming, settlement, and daily water use. Comparing monsoon-fed, river-dependent, and arid regions grounds this indicator in the resource every society organizes itself around.
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3 materials aligned to D2.Geo.10.6-8
Worksheets
Reading passages
Grade 8 Reading passage
Snowpack, Monsoon Rain, and Aquifers: How Regions Store Water
A grade 8 informational passage on how snowpack, monsoon rain, and aquifers store water in different regions, with six comprehension questions and an answer key.
Graphic organizers
Grade 6 Graphic organizer
Four Ancient Ways to Move and Store Water
A grade 6 compare-and-contrast organizer on qanats, Roman aqueducts, Indian stepwells, and Petra's cisterns, with a clue bank to sort and a completed exemplar.