Testing Bangladesh's Waters

We take a steady shower stream and clean drinking water for granted, but in many countries around the world, the lack of water or a clean water supply is responsible for higher sickness and death rates. Taking a closer look at the water...

Students build a water filtration system. In this water quality lesson, students work in groups to construct water filtration units that can purify contaminated water. This lesson is part of a larger unit on water quality.

Students explore global water contamination and water shortage problems. In this geography/ecology lesson plan, students gain information about the lack of safe drinking water in many countries. Students read, use websites, and complete...

Students explore the causes of water pollution. In this environmental instructional activity, students conduct experiments with natural filtration systems.

Sixth graders explain how soil and plants effect contaminated water in nature.  In this filtration lesson, 6th graders work in groups to test biofiltration units. Students determine which biofiltration units work best and how they can...

This site talks about related problems to groundwater contamination in Bangladesh and the challenges that face the people there.

How can engineering improve the lives of millions of people? The people of Bangladesh were getting really sick because of the bacteria that they were getting from their water, which was untreated and dangerous. Amy Pickering decided that...

Set in the context of ground water contamination in Bangladesh, this stoichiometry and analytical chemistry activity examines the issues around identifying wells contaminated with arsenic.

Students complete internet research in small groups to identify types of water pollution, spotlight water pollution hot-spots, and design a plan for water prevention.

This is a report on the crisis in West Bengal and Bangladesh over the drinking of well water naturally containing high concentrations of arsenic.