Water Filter Design Challenge

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Water filter design challenge.

Watch and discuss nasa s ksnn 21st century explorer 30 second newsbreak where would a space explorer find water and oxygen. Understand the design challenge and become familiar with the materials. Blog july 1 2020 remote interviews. This can be done in many ways that change how difficult it is to filter the water.

Log in inspiration video suggested materials recommended plastic container cotton. Working in teams they design build and test their own water filters essentially conducting their own dirty water projects a guiding data collection worksheet is provided. At 5 separate tables place 1 pail of dirty water one cut and prepared pop bottle with gravel and equal amounts of all available filtering items. For example mix some soil or dirt with tap water for an easier challenge.

Limit the amount of materials allowed for the design. To challenge students include one of the following constraints. Let them decide in teams what materials they would like to use to filter their water. Divide the class into 5 groups corresponding to the 5 separate tables.

Included in the purchase a faircap mini water filter and a folding bottle. Start by preparing the water you re going to filter. Introduce the challenge. The water filtration challenge educator guide contains the following activities.

Clearly communicate to students that the water filtration devices they are about to make will remove some impurities but they will not make the water safe to drink. In this hands on activity students investigate different methods aeration and filtering for removing pollutants from water. Try also adding food coloring or vinegar for a bigger challenge. Reusable faircap mini has a product life of approximately 1000 litres.

The challenge is for students to determine which filter media they should use to get the purest filtered water. Home science ages. Assign a price per unit of material and give students a budget to work within.