Filtering Water

Looking Around 2 — Water. Cleaning muddy water with cloth filters is a hands-on activity in the Water chapter.

• Dirty water has mud and bits we can see.
• Filtering removes insoluble dirt through cloth or filter.
• Filtered water may still need boiling.

Verbal: Filtering traps visible dirt — mud and leaves stay on the cloth; clearer water passes through.

Symbolic: Settle → pour → filter. Removes: mud, sand. May NOT remove: tiny germs (need boiling).

Level 1 — What is filtering?

Pass water through cloth, paper, or sand filter — dirt stays behind.

Level 1 — Home methods

Muslin cloth over vessel; matka water with candle filter (intro).

Level 1 — What filtering removes

Mud, sand, leaves — visible dirt.

Level 2 — What it may NOT remove

Tiny germs (need boiling or UV).

Level 2 — India

Jal Jeevan Mission — clean tap water; village pond water filtered at home.

How would you clean muddy water from a puddle?

Step 1 — Let mud **settle** at bottom.
Step 2 — Pour top water through **clean cloth**.
Step 3 — Cloth traps mud particles.
Answer: Settle, then filter through cloth.

• What does a filter catch?
• Filter or boil — which kills germs?
• Name material used to filter at home.

Stretch: After filtering pond water, is it safe to drink? What extra step would Amma add?

Revision tip: Try a home demo: mix mud in water, settle, filter through muslin — draw before/after sketches.

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