Cleaning Water Activity

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Type: 
Lesson Plan
Audience: 
Formal, K - 5
Standards: 
ESS3.A
Keywords: 
filtration, water recycling
Summary: 
Design and build a water filtration system and collect data to compare water before and after filtration.
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PDF icon Cleaning Water - For Educators.pdf
PDF icon Cleaning Water - For Educators, espanol.pdf
PDF icon Cleaning Water - For Students.pdf
PDF icon Cleaning Water - For Students, espanol.pdf

This lesson will help your students answer the question:
What can I do to make clean water?

In this lesson, students will

  • Design and build their own water filtering system.
  • Collect data to compare water before and after filtering.
  • Develop a conclusion based upon the results of this experiment.
  • Compare individual results to class results to look for patterns.
Source: 

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Cleaning_Water_Activity.html

Credits: 
NASA

 

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