DIY Rainwater Purification Guide
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General objective: Create a homemade water purifier.
Objetivos específicos:
Awareness of students about the importance of water in life.
Identify various ways of using rainwater.
Recognize how some minerals are used for water purification
Create a homemade filter that allows purifying rainwater.
Materials:
Materials you found in the abandoned cabin: a bucket, an old can full of water
dirty rain, cotton, fine sand (gravel), alum, coarse sand, small rocks and a bottle
empty two-liter soda.
Procedure:
Cut the bottom of the two-liter bottle about two centimeters from the bottom (this part can be
can be dangerous, so it's a good idea to ask an adult for help to carry it out; the teacher
you can bring the already cut bottles).
Make a hole in the cork or use a cork to seal the bottle pierced with a straw.
(little piece of sorbet)
Turn the bottle upside down so that you can place the cotton first and then the
rest of the materials. You must place them in the following order: cotton, fine sand, sand
thick, small rocks. If you don't have cotton, first place the larger stones because
you better close the hole of the bottle.
Pour the dirty water over the top of the bottle. Watch the water running through the sand and the
gravel.
Collect the water that falls into the filter bucket and add two tablespoons of alum. Shake it.
water slowly for about 5 minutes. The dirt particles stick to each other,
forming larger particles that will have less chance of passing through the filter.
If you have activated carbon, place a layer of it (in your model), in addition to the layers of sand,
gravel and stones. Filter colored water with dye and observe what happens when you pass it several times.
(To do it demonstratively by the teacher).
Additional information
Groundwater naturally filters through layers of soil, stone, gravel, and sand.
When water travels through these layers, it gets cleaned. This is one of the reasons why many people
They think that groundwater is very clean.
Water supply companies filter water at treatment plants using sand filters or
activated carbon so that it arrives at our homes clean.
Some advantages of water purification methods:
Among the advantages that we can mention to you, depending on the purification method you choose, are:
You eliminate the risk of contracting diseases that could cause you death or complications.
graves.
You eliminate the risk of introducing more toxic chemicals into the body. Generally,
We ingest large amounts of zinc and other materials associated with the oxidation of pipes.
Helps your body drink more quality drinking water that aids in elimination and
proper functioning of various organs such as the kidneys.
You allow your family members to have the opportunity to improve their quality of life, for
through the intake of higher quality water.
Help in the care and protection of resources, as amounts of water are reused that
again and again we pollute.