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:
- pool filter
- air filter
- water filter
Materials
1. Plastics bottle
2. Filter paper
3. Scissors
4. Funnel
5. Sand
6. Small stones
7. Dirty water
8.
Process - ( use verbs or doing words in each step )
Step 1
Get a bottle and the teacher well put a slit the bottle and then Cut the bottle.
Step 2
Put the top half upside down in the bottle, Get the filter paper and make a cone.
STEP 3
Add layers of sand into the bottom of the cone, add a cup of small stones on top of the sand, add a cup of dirty water and see.
STEP 4
Get 1 cup of dirty water
STEP 5
Pour dirty water into
Findings
Clear with a green tinge and the Drops per minute was 13.
Write a short sentence about the water every 1 minute.
Include 'How much water has filtered through', 'How fast it is dripping through', and 'How clear the water is'.
Minutes 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Drops per minute: 13
Water colour: Dirty/ Murky
Conclusion:
The water that flowed through the filter was clear with a green tinge. The water flowed at 13 drops per minute. The dirty water had bark, soil and leaves sat on top of the pebbles.






