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Age Range: 11-14 | 14-16
Duration: 60 or more mins
  • Biology
  • D&T

Testing water filtration systems

Design an experiment to test advertisement claims on water filtration equipment

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Activity info,  teachers’ notes and curriculum links

This activity gets students to design an experiment or experiments which will test the claims of companies producing various types of domestic water filtration equipment. It can take 60 - 90 minutes to complete depending on the number of adverts chosen from the 'Product advertisements' student handout, and if the related short film is shown as an introduction to the session. You can stream and download this film for free by clicking on the link in the related resources section below.

The activity sheet includes teacher notes, guidance, useful web links, and links (where appropriate) to the national curriculum in each of the four devolved UK nations; England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

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