Research and Take Notes:

Why is your area of focus important to people?

Our area of focus is important to people because they all need water to live.

What are the 5 most important things to know about your area of focus?
1. How to transport the water
2. How clean the water is to all the people
3. How big is the population
4. How they store their water
5. How many times the people go to the water supply

Research your topic using the following 3 links:

https://www.instagrok.com/ - learn more about your research topic
https://www.wolframalpha.com/ - learn more about Nicaragua and your research topic
http://www.howstuffworks.com/ - learn how something is made or works

Analyze The Problem:

What is the area of focus for your grade level?
Our area of focus is water.

What do you see as a major problem described in the paragraph?

A major problem is transporting the water back to their homes and maintaining the cleanliness.

Why is this a problem in Nicaragua and not here in Center Grove?

Its a problem because we have water lines here but they dont because they aren't as fortunate
as Center Grove.

How does could this impact young people?

This could impact the young people in Nicaragua because since they dont get enough water
daily then it can affect their health. It can also affected their health later in life.

Brainstorm Solution
What would we do if we had no limitations on money and materials?
If we had no limitations on money and materials we would go to Nicaragua and build pipe lines
and filters like what we have in center grove.

How could we adapt that to the materials that are available to people in Nicaragua?
We could adapt to the materials that are available to the people in Nicaragua by finding a
cheaper alternative to build a smaller replica of what we have.
Ideas To Help Get Water To Nicaragua:
- Teach them to build a ship to flee their country
- Water Filter
- Make something with wheels thats easy to transport and store the water
- Build a well with a filter
- Build canals from rivers

Reflect and Decide on Solution:

What would you need to make the solution work?
We would need money and a work force to be able to make our solution work.

Could some of the ideas be combined?

The ideas that we could build a well with a filter and also build canals from rivers, are
ideas that can be combined.

Which solution is best to start with?

The idea that is the best idea to start with is to build a bassen that rain will fall into.
(which is already purified)

Is there a way to create and test your solution?

There is a way to create and test our solution because if you build a bassen then the
water will fall into it and will already be purified.

1. Community (more than 10)- 3 points

2. Once per week- 2 points
3. People of all ages- 3 points

Plan Solution:
What is the primary function of the solution that your group chose?
The primary function of the solution that our group chose is to collect and transport
clean water.

Describe how this addresses a problem faced by people in Nicaragua

It fixes the problem of storage and transportation of clean water.

Things to think about now that you have decided on an idea:

How does it work?

It works by collecting clean water and distributes it to the village.
How does it look?
Its a big bowl, with above ground pipes and tubes.

How big or small does it need to be?

It has to be very large.

Reviews Ideas from Last Week

1. We are going to create a water basin that will collect and distribute water.
2. Our idea will help the people of Nicaragua by giving them clean water.