by Mark Ogrentz | Dec 8, 2023
Student teams practice water quality analysis through turbidity measurement and coliform bacteria counts. They use information about water treatment processes to design prototype small-scale water treatment systems and test the influent (incoming) and effluent...
by Mark Ogrentz | Dec 8, 2023
Kit-based educational resources, which offers ready-to-use experiments and learning modules for educators. LINKS Science Take Out
by Mark Ogrentz | Dec 8, 2023
Students learn that engineers develop different polymers to serve various functions and are introduced to selectively permeable membranes. LINKS Selectively Permeable Membranes
by Mark Ogrentz | Dec 8, 2023
Students perform one of the first steps that environmental engineers do to determine water quality—sampling and analysis. Student teams measure the electrical conductivity of four water samples (deionized water, purified water, school tap water and a salt-water...
by Mark Ogrentz | Dec 8, 2023
Students extend their understanding of surface tension by exploring the real-world engineering problem of deciding what makes a “good” soap bubble. Student teams first measure this property, and then use this measurement to determine the best soap solution...
