Read the Fine Print
Educational Use
Students learn about the techniques engineers have developed for changing ocean water into drinking water, including thermal and membrane desalination. They begin by reviewing the components of the natural water cycle. They see how filters, evaporation and/or condensation can be components of engineering desalination processes. They learn how processes can be viewed as systems, with unique objects, inputs, components and outputs, and sketch their own system diagrams to describe their own desalination plant designs.
- Subject:
- Engineering and Information Technologies
- Hydrology
- Physical Science
- Material Type:
- Lesson Plan
- Provider:
- TeachEngineering
- Provider Set:
- TeachEngineering
- Author:
- Carleigh Samson
- Denise W. Carlson
- Juan Ramirez Jr.
- Stephanie Rivale
- Date Added:
- 09/18/2014