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Building a Desalination Plant from Scratch: Crash Course Engineering #44 Instructional VideoBuilding a Desalination Plant from Scratch: Crash Course Engineering #44 Instructional Video
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Crash Course
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9th - 12th
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STEM
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Resource Type
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Media Length
9:42
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10 mins
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2019
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Building a Desalination Plant from Scratch: Crash Course Engineering #44

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Did you know that only 2.5 percent of Earth's water is drinkable? An engaging video describes the process of engineering design to solve real-world problems by using a desalination plant as an example. Scholars learn about design synthesis, scaling designs, and making improvements to designs in the 44th installment of a Crash Course Engineering playlist.

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Concepts

engineering design, desalination, industrial engineering, heat, fluids, energy

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Use the video to help develop a project on engineering design

Classroom Considerations

  • References previous videos in the playlist 
  • Learners should be familiar with different branches of engineering
  • This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

  • Animations help keep viewer interest and help illustrate concepts
  • Well-paced video is easy to understand

Cons

  • None

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