Hurumanu - Dirty Water Experiment

Aim: To make a filtration plant using household materials.

Water Filtration Plant

What is filtration?The action or process of filtering something.

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

• Dirty Clothes
• Pool
• Air
• Oil

Materials
1. Funnel
2. Container
3. Filter Paper
4. Scissors 
5. Rocks/Pebbles
6. Sand
7. Bottles

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

Step 1 Cut the bottle into half.

Step 2 Put the top half upside down into the bottom half

Step 3 Add layers of filter paper, sand and pebbles

Step 4 Get 1 cup of dirty water and start pouring the water in.

Step 5 Pour the dirty water into a cup.

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: 57
Watercolour: Clear Brown

Conclusion:
Today, I learnt that filtration is not only used to clean water but is also used in different ways (for example, dirty clothes, pool, air and oil.