What Are We Drinking?

Presentation Preparation
Group Members: Nick Brandis, Matt Jones, Tak Maga, Nihal Nazeem Date: 4/16 Period 3

Chemistry’s Eight Practices of Science & Engineering

Discuss and complete the following information in regards to your group planning for the ​Water Table Challenge
–​How can we use Chemistry to support the chemical treatment of wastewater and various clean water initiatives​?
You will pitch your project in hopes of building a display to highlight the science and engineering practices of your
proposed project design for the ​North Bay Science Discovery Day.
1. Asking questions (for science) and defining 2. Developing and using models
problems (for engineering) Describe AND draw/label the design of your water table.
Your challenge is to create a water table display for the What will it look like, how will the display function/be
North Bay Science Discovery Day using the science and interactive, what will you be using to assemble. Full list
engineering practices of Chemistry. of materials & blueprints will be necessary for final pitch
What further questions do you have about the scientific including total cost.
process? What problems do you hope to solve in this
challenge? ● CAD: Aeroponic system
○ Nozzle
https://aeroponicsdiy.com/aeroponic-nutrient-solution ○ Container
/ ■ https://cad.onshape.com/docu
ments/cd8b30018332843895b
● What is Aeroponics? 67938/w/cc8d806cdd78eda1ff
○ Spray roots with water that has all 3af6d6/e/cbbab6985924f815b
nutrients
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● Why Aeroponics?
○ Lettuce
○ Efficiency
■ https://free3d.com/3d-model/l
● What nutrients need to go into the water
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supply?
● Using Water
○ https://aeroponicsdiy.com/nasa-revie
○ https://www.advancednutrients.com/a
w-of-aeroponics/
rticles/aeroponics-and-nasa/
○
● Benefits of aeroponics
● https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/-EeD96Sn
○ https://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/tec NckhCPxIWEEzc1m_QWs=/1000x0/filters:
hnologies/aeroponic_plants.html no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chor
■ NASA ‘97 adzuki beans @ us_asset/file/13130349/SC_Hydroponics.0.gi
Mir Station: f
● Used Organic Disease ●
Control liquid on earth ●
and 0-g If low grav is an issue, increase CO​2
● Nutrient-rich spray in https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ast.2006.6.
enclosed air chamber 851
● Plants can change
medium w/o transplant
shock
● ↓: water use 98%, ● Indoor Farming Sensors
fertilizer use 60% ○ https://www.scribd.com/document/31
● pesticides 3082535/Edyza-Sensors-for-Indoor-F
● Uptakes ↑ nutrients,
arming
healthier
 ● ↑ crop cycles/year: 6
tomato cycles vs 1-2
○ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/
10.1080/17429145.2018.1472308
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3. Planning and carrying out investigations
What tests do you need to conduct while constructing
you prototype?
Not enough time for tests.
4. Analyzing and interpreting data
Review and discuss the data you collected. How did you
use your data to decide on the components of your
project. Or how did you analyze others scientific data?
No data
5. Using mathematics and computational thinking
Data that you collect, calculations needed, material cost
ect.
6. Constructing explanations (for science) and
designing solutions (for engineering)
How does it work? ​Explain in detail​ the chemistry used
to support the chemical treatment of wastewater and/or
various clean water initiatives​?

● CAD
● Budgeting Spreadsheet
● Jurin's Law (Materials Engineering) ● Photosynthesis (but like AP Bio level)
○ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capilla ○
ry_action ● Purifying Water in Space
○ Overview
○ Capillary action
■ Overview
■ Wiki
■ Capillary action in space
● https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P
MC5387063/
●
7. Engaging in argument from evidence
Your challenge is to create and ​effective​, ​safe​,
environmentally friendly​, and ​inexpensive​ water
purifying system. List evidence that your water table has
met the design challenge criteria.
8. Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating
information
What is your marketing plan/ how will you win the
judges over with you amazing water table display to you
become a finalist for North Bay Science Discovery Day?