Dirty Water Experiment - Filtration

Dirty Water Experiment

Aim: To make a filtration plant using household materials

What is filtration?

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

Examples are:

1.  Brewing a coffee
2.  Kidney
3.  Separating dirty from water (Dirty water and a cloth)
4. H.E.P.A (High-Efficiency Particulate Air) Filter (Air conditioner) and vacuum

Materials

1. Paper Filter

1. Sand

1. Pebbles/stone

1. Bottle

1. Scissors

1. Cup

1. Dirty Water

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

Step 1

Cut the bottle into half to create a funnel and a container shape

Step 2

Put the top half upside down to join them together

STEP 3

Add layers of filter paper then sand then pebbles.
For the filter paper, it will look like a thick-circle shaped piece of paper,
you’re going to need to fold it in quarters and open one slit

STEP 4

Get a cup of dirty water, any liquid you want, your choice but we used
dirty water with ground coffee in it, to experiment with

STEP 5

Pour dirty water into the funnel carefully so it won’t spill

STEP 6

Observe how the water flows now the water has to be not flowing and
if it’s clear (well you don’t really expect it to be clear as actual water so don’t get your expectation high)
then you’re all good to go and you did a great job but if it’s still dirty, maybe you should fix it and try
again

Measurements

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'.

We got the water to drip! It’s not clear though however there wasn’t any dirt to it.
The experiment turned out well I wouldn’t say it was our best work.

I was the one who cut the bottle into half, Rieya did the folding of the filter paper,
Lhysette was in charge of getting the sand, Rieya was in charge of getting the pebbles,
Lhysette was  also in charge of getting the dirty water

As I said you don’t really expect it to be clear as actual water so don’t get your expectation high.  

What I feel:

My group and I are pretty happy with our work but it could’ve been much better if the water was
a little bit clear.

My next steps:

My next step is, placing the layers properly because the water wasn’t clear enough but it’s clean

Group members: Me, Lhysette, Rieya and Shiela