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:
- kidney
- Jug
- Tea bag
- Swimming pool
Materials
1. Stones/Pebbles
2. Container 3. Sand
4. Dirty water
5. Funnel
6. Scissors
7. Filter paper
8. Cup
Steps
Step 1
Cut a bottle in half if you do not have a funnel.
Step 2
Put the top half of the bottle upside down on the top of the other half of the bottle.If you have a funnel you could place it on something like a beaker or a shape that´s like a cylinder.
STEP 3
Make a cone with some filter paper by folding it.Place it on the funnel.Add half a cup of sand first and pack it in.Then add half of cup of pebbles on top of the sand.
STEP 4
Get 1 cup of dirty water and pour it into your funnel and watch the reaction.
Reaction
Its starting to drip but the water got more clear when it came out the funnel.Because it got filtered by all the stuff in it.We didn't get any clumps.
