Water, Water Everywhere
QUENCH (QUality ENgineering for Community Health) is an organization that seeks to improve environment-based public health through education and resource provision. QUENCH would like students to solve the problem of communities with poor water quality and minimal funding to treat water on their own. Students will learn about the water cycle, water scarcity, environmental issues, water treatment methods, microelectronic sensors, and water filtration. Through digital and analog measurement, students will learn about the importance of microelectronics when it comes to waterborne illness prevention. Based on the information learned and data acquired throughout the unit, students will make an evidence-based decision to design an efficient method of filtering water to potable quality.
Core Content: Earth science
Grade Levels: Middle School
ME Connection: Sensors use microelectronics to detect various properties of water, data analogy systems use microelectronics to collect and analyze data.
Engineering Design Project: Design an efficient method of filtering water to potable quality using sensors to test for quality.