Sterilizing Drinking Water Using Sunlight: A Design Challenge
The Boehm Lab focuses much of its research on issues dealing with fresh and saltwater contamination and water quality.
The Stable and Swimming Pool: “Where Math Meets Science”
The Mitch Lab at Stanford researches organic chemical reaction pathways involved in treating water, especially disinfection byproducts (DBPs), which result from reactions between disinfectants (usually chlorine) and dissolved organic matter.
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Inquiry-based project on the removal of nitrate contaminant from synthetic stormwater
This lesson is constructed to help students see the importance of physical, chemical and biological attributes in the removal of contaminants from the environment. Students will design, construct and run experiments on the filtration of a known pollutant, nitrate, from water.