Resource

Survival Still

Description:
Students design and build a solar still to capture drinking water from the capillary water in the soil, and then modify their designs to be more efficient.

Related Topics:
2. Physical processes on Earth are the result of energy flow through the Earth system.

Associated Grade Levels:
5-67-89-1011-12

Related Sub-Topics

2.2 Sunlight, gravitational potential, decay of radioactive isotopes, and rotation of the Earth

2.4 Water plays a major role in the storage and transfer of energy in the Earth system.