Build and test a desalination plant using a thermal process approach to help students to learn how to make alternative water resources.
Students will be able to:
• Describe the thermal
process of water
desalination.
• Construct a model of a
desalination plant.
• Evaluate and revise the
design of their model by
testing for the presence
of salt.
Grades 6 – 9
45-60 minutes
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