How does changing the arrangement of filtering materials in our filtration bottle effect the weight of the muddy

water?
By Gigi Tse 6C(18), Emily Chui 6C(6) and Michelle Tang 6C(24)

Abstract
Filtration is very important to our daily life
We used sand and other materials to filter muddy water We also added activated charcoal

Overall, our experiment is a great success

Introduction
Our aim is to find out which arrangement is the best way to filter muddy water.
Filtration has a very long history and it is still improving from time to time

We think arrangement 1 and 3 are the best arrangement

Filtration is very useful

Materials
150ml of beans 50ml per arrangement, 150ml of sand 50ml per arrangement, 210ml of stone 70ml per arrangement, 600ml of water(200ml per mixture), 3 pieces of 7x9 filter cotton,1 bottles of sparkling water(1liter per bottle), activated charcoal 6 piece, weight scale, 1 bag of soil, beakers.

Steps

First we put one beaker on the weight scale and set it to 0g

pour 200ml of water and add soil until it is 190.4g

Cut the bottle into half turn around the top part and put arrangement 1 in it

Steps

Put the top part on to the other half of the bottle

Pour all the muddy water into the filter and wait until all the water flows down

Next, put the beaker on to the weight scale and set it to 0g

Steps

Pour the filtrated water to the beaker and put the beaker on to the weight scale

Wash the bottle plus the charcoal and dry it

it at last repeat the whole progress except for changing arrangement 1 to 2 and 2 to 3

Variables
Independent Variable
Controlled Variable Dependent Variables
We only change the arrangements of the material inside the filter bottle.
Amount of water, soil, and all the materials in the filter bottle should be equal. Weight of the soil water before the experiment and after the experiment

Results
200 180 160 140 120 Grams Arr. 1

100
80 60 40 20 0 Start Before After

Arr. 2

Arr. 3

Results
Weight (gram) Arrangement 1 Arrangement 2 Arrangement 3 56g 82.6g 62.6g Milliliters (ml) 150ml 170ml 150ml

From the results above, we found out that arrangement 1 was the lightest. Follow by arrangement 3. Arrangement 2 was the heaviest with 82.6g.

Conclusion
Why arrangement 2 was the heaviest and the water was brownish? Our prediction is correct 1 and 3 is the best arrangement, there was no sand in the water, also filtrated all the soil. This whole process worked because of the water particles which were called molecules. The mud particles were way bigger than molecules so they could not get through the gaps and stuck in the filter.

Suggestions and Evaluation

We didnt have much time, and didnt research much about filtration. Also, we were not really organized A television show about water pollution Next time if we do it again, we will add more alkali in order to test the PH value.

Reference
Water Filter Part II. Zoom Activities from the show, 2010. 1st May 2011 http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/waterfilterpartii.html .