Grade 11 Writing prompt
Fallowmere Reservoir's Late-Summer Oxygen Loss
Grade 11 students read four months of depth profiles from a fictional reservoir and explain stratification, deep-water anoxia, and the phosphorus release that follows.
Common Core ELA · Grades 11–12
WHST.11-12.2 Discipline-specific informative writing
Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/experiments, or technical processes.
Why water teaches this standard well
Students convey complex technical content, such as an analysis of a utility's annual water quality report or a technical brief on treatment plant upgrades, in precise, discipline-appropriate form. Real utility documents provide professional genres for students to emulate.
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6 materials aligned to WHST.11-12.2
Writing prompts
Grade 12 Writing prompt
Shifting Snowmelt Timing in the Verdigan Basin
A grade 12 explanatory writing prompt using model output from a fictional mountain basin to explain why earlier snowmelt shrinks summer streamflow.
Projects
Grade 12 Project
Auberly's Source Water Protection Plan for the Stroudmere
A six-session grade 12 project where teams map a fictional city's intake watershed, inventory contaminant sources, and defend three ordinance provisions.
Grade 12 Project
Road Salt and the Chloride Pulse in Havering Creek
A seven-session grade 12 field investigation measuring conductivity above and below salted roads, then evaluating a fictional town's winter salting practice.
Grade 11 Project
The Prestcott Water Bond: A Grade 11 Ballot Question Project
Across five sessions students produce a neutral voter information sheet, opposing argument statements, and a public forum for a fictional water treatment bond.
Grade 11 Project
The Water Element of the Fallowdale County Plan: A Grade 11 Project
Across five sessions students write the water chapter of a fictional county's 20-year comprehensive plan, map its supply, and defend three ranked options at a hearing.