During the WISE workshops mentioned in our previous post, students learned about how they can use filters to clean fresh water in order to make it safe for drinking. Working off of that idea, the students were challenged to find a way of turning salt water that we can't drink into fresh water that we can drink. After thinking through the problem students were able to take advantage of the hydro-logic cycle in order to make this possible. Understanding the hydro-logic cycle's processes of evaporation and condensation, students were able to research how to build a Solar Still. A Solar Still is a means of harnessing these processes to transform salt water into clean, fresh drinking water. Here are the solar stills that the students were able to create in the classroom.
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On Wednesday May 25th we were lucky to have presenters from WISE (Women in Science and Engineering), who are students from the University of Manitoba. They came to share with the class two different presentations that had the students engaged, intrigued, participating and having fun. Dissecting Sea StarsOne of the activities that the students participated in was learning about Sea Stars. In this activity the students were able to dissect a Sea Star to learn more about these fascinating creatures. Oil SpillsStudents also took part in an activity that demonstrated to them the damaging impacts of oil spills and how hard it is to clean up any oil that is spilled into the water. Cleaning Our WaterStudent were also involved in learning about how we can clean fresh water to make it safer to drink. The students were given the challenge to construct a filter in order to take dirty water and make it clean. Protection from FloodingThe final activity that students participated in helped them to learn about how we can protect homes from flooding by creating a levee using sand bags. |
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