Water Filtration
Overview
Create a device to purify a water sample using a variety of materials.
Highlights
Program Duration: 1.25 Hours
Trip Season: Sept-June
Student Limit: Up to 25
Trip Description
Water treatment plants purify water, but so do natural habitats such as marshes. In this engineering challenge, students learn about water purification and then design and test their own water purification devices. Discussion will focus on how well different materials work to remove smell, color, and films from water, and on how water purification in the student-designed devices is similar to and different from water purification in the marsh and in the water treatment plant.