Curated OER
Purification of Water
Students study the process of water purification and explain why it was important to treat it. In this water purification lesson students purify drinking water and explain the factors that affect water quality.
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Rain Machine (Solar Still)
Students experiment with a solar still. In this distillation lesson, students find a simple way to use evaporation to make salty water drinkable.
Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Water, Water, Everywhere: Introduction
An introduction to an investigation of real-world problems to develop viable solutions to global access to clean water.
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Thinkport: Water, Water, Everywhere?
Students learn about global access to clean water and apply the engineering design process to develop a solution to purify water.
PBS
Pbs Design Squad: Lead Detecting Device
See how a design of a cheap and portable device can find lead in water.
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Thinkport: Water, Water, Everywhere: Sample Water Purification Systems
Learn about the two methods to clean water: distillation and filtration.
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Thinkport: Water, Water, Everywhere: Global Water Issues
Explore reports and news articles to build understanding of global water issues.
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Thinkport: Water, Water, Everywhere: The Engineering Design Process
Students brainstorm new ideas during part of the engineering process of designing a water purification system.
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Thinkport: Water, Water, Everywhere: Water Quality: Possible Solutions
Students act as engineers to design a basic solution to the water quality problems studied.
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Thinkport: Water, Water, Everywhere: Consider Constraints/ Explore Possibilities
Students design a water purification system given certain constraints.
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Thinkport: Water, Water, Everywhere: Approach and Design Proposal
Part of a larger project where students design a water purification system, this is the step where they select an approach and develop a design proposal.
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Thinkport: Water, Water, Everywhere: Make a Prototype and Test Your Design
Students create a water purification system, and test it out to see how well it works to purify a water sample.
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Thinkport: Water, Water, Everywhere: Refine Your Design/create Your Final System
Part of a larger project where students design a water purification system, this is the step where they refine their design and create their final system.
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Thinkport: Water, Water, Everywhere: Communicate Your Results
Resources for communicating results of a PBL unit where students designed a water purification system.
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Thinkport: Water, Water, Everywhere: Phase 3 Build Your Presentation
Some ideas to help students think of preparing a creative presentation for thier water purification PBL.
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Thinkport: Water, Water, Everywhere: Final Presentation
Students plan to present their water purification system at the end of a project-based learning exercise.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Water Filtration
Student groups design a water filtration system and present to the class why they picked their design.