Physics
YOLO Project
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Water Testing Project
In this project we were assigned an area and a group. The area that we were assigned was Kenya, then we were expected to design and build a water filter that would work well in that specific area. We had to keep in mind cost, availablilty, and effectiveness as well. This project was really fun and engaging and i love these kinds of hands on projects!
Product Description
Materials
Sand x2 cups $3.68
2 liter bottle x2 $3.58
Charcoal x1 Bag $2.97
Gravel x1 cup $4.99
Cheese cloth x1 sq ft $2.49
Total: $17.71
We will cut off the bottom of one bottle and the top of our other 2 liter bottle and combine them so our filtered bottle drips into the empty bottle below it. In the filtered bottle we will put mixed layers of sand and gravel our cheesecloth on the top and in the middle to get out any large pieces of waste, on the bottom of this we will put the crushed charcoal which will remove any sediments or contaminants in the water while also improving taste. In the very bottom of the bottle we will put layers of cheesecloth so that all of the water will pass through the cheesecloth to filter as much as possible.
Kenya
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Kenya is located on the equator with the Indian Ocean to the south-east, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, South Sudan to the north-west, Ethiopia to the north and Somalia to the north-east. Kenya covers 224,445 square miles and has a population of 44 million people.
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Kenya has a varied climate from desert areas to mountains. Some places are extremely warm and others, especially towards the mountains, are colder.
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Kenyans tend to identify primarily with their tribe or ethnic group rather that with their nation as a whole.
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Kenya also has many Indians who have traveled over in the early 20th century.
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Primary school in Kenya lasts for eight years, from six to fourteen years old
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Kenya uses an education system similar to to United states starting with 8 years of primary school 4 years of secondary school and 4 years of high school.
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Womens roles in Kenya include but are not limited to wife, mother, child-bearer, caretaker, and food provider
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Mothers in Kenya are responsible for collecting clean water, if available, for their families and sometimes have to pull children out of school because they need assistance collecting water.
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