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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Water Desalination Plant

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students use a thermal process approach to design, build and test a small-scale desalination plant that is capable of significantly removing the salt content from a saltwater solution. Students use a saltwater circuit to test the...
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American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society: Best of Wonder Science: Ice of a Different Color [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
An experiment to test what happens to water when salt or sugar is added and it is then frozen into ice cubes. Students also explore the ice's physical properties by rubbing cubes on sandpaper and dropping a heavy object on each type.