WATER POLLUTION SCRUBBER ACTIVITY SIMULATES POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICES

摘要

Several years ago we were looking for a laboratory activity for our industrial pollution control class at Bowling Green State University that would cause our students to think more actively about water pollution. We wanted to give them the opportunity to develop methods to take pollutants out of contaminated water. Creating water-scrubbing devices seemed like an ideal project for the students to study the mechanics of industrial water pollution control. At the same time we were interested in the development of other skills. Those skills included brainstorming, problem solving, creativity, team building, and oral and written communication skills. Teachers in high schools and middle schools could accomplish all of the skills that were developed in the college course.