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* Name: Melanie Vines, Natalie Crisci, Sarah Ortbal
* Position: Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
* Contact: mgvines [at] crimson.ua.edu, necrisci [at] crimson.ua.edu, skortbal [at] crimson.ua.edu
* Year contributed: 2021

• Grade Level: 6
• Alabama Course of Study: Grade 6 Standard 16

The lesson introduces students to the importance of and process of water filtration. The importance of water filtration in the drinking water treatment process will be discussed, and students will explore the topic further by designing and evaluating their own filters. This lesson correlates to the filtration involved in our collegiate research lab and implications for drinking water treatment.

terry_water_research_lab_6th_grade_water_filtration_lab.pdf

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