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Teach Engineering: Water Desalination Plant

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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 efficiency of their model desalination plant and learn how the water cycle is the basis for the thermal processes that drive their desalination plant.

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desalination, drinking water, stem

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clean water, engineering design process, environmental engineering, water desalination, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering
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Grade
7th - 8th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Activities & Projects
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For Administrator Use
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0L

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