Science experiment/Home Chemistry

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. Pour one cup of Sand.

2.  Tip in one cup of rocks.

3. Pour in one cup of sand

4. Pour in the water.

Materials

1.Bottle

2.Funnel

3.Rocks

4.Dirt

5.Scissors

6.Sand

7.Paper/for funnel

8.top of the bottle

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

Step 1

Cut the bottle.....

Step 2

Put the top half upside down .......

Fold the filter paper.

Add layers of ....

Pour both items in the bottle.

Get 1 cup of dirty water .......

Pour water in the bottle.

Pour dirty water into ......

Findings

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:

Water colour:

Conclusion:

When we put the dirt, rocks and water in the bottle, the drips go very slow. The colour of our water, was a clearish and little bit dirty but clean colour. What made the water a little dirty was the dirt.