Filitration

Dirty Water experiment

Aim: To make a filtration plant using household materials.

Water Filtration Plant

What is filtration?

Filtration is separating solids from liquids by adding a medium through which only the liquid can pass. 

Examples are:

1. Teabag 
2. Coffee plunger/coffee filter
3. Swimming pool  
4. Kidney

Materials

1.Elastic band 

2.filter paper

3.Pop bottle bottom

4.Rocks

5.Fine sand

6. Coarse sand 

7.Pop bottle top

8.dirty water

9.Cup

10.coffee filter

Process - ( use verbs or doing words in each step )

Step 1

Cut the bottle in half.

Step 2

Put the top half upside down  inside the bottle .

STEP 3

Add layers of  filter paper then add your sand/pebbles.

STEP 4

Get 1 cup of dirty.

STEP 5

Pour dirty water into the upside down bottle.

Measurements

When we finish the thing that needed to put on the bottle. My group came to Mr. Palmer to get some water. When we pour the water into a bottle the result is, the water is really dirty it turned into a brown colour. Make sure you are sensible when your doing this experiment.