Home learning write up + reflection

During the last week of term 2, we had two days of home learning and one of our assignments was this:

1) Design an experiment to remove all the substances in the seawater ( Oil from oil spillages from nearby ships, alcoholic drinks from BBQ parties, sand and gravel, broken glass bits, remnants from dead organisms (parts of seashells, seaweeds, etc.) )

* We were only given these equipments:

Thermometer	Conical Flask	Retort Stand	Spatula
Separating Funnel	Beaker	Tripod Stand	Glass Beads
Filter Paper	Filter Funnel	Wire Gauze
Distilling Flask	Fractionating Column	Evaporating dish
Condenser	Bunsen Burner	Glass rod

My group's answer can be found on sciencexcite.wordpress.com in one of the posts.

Reflection:
I feel that this home learning project is really good as it teaches us the different techniques of separating things and then it gives us an assignment to allow us to apply what we have just learned. The assignment was also very interesting and it was also not too hard or easy.