Water Bubbles
The new solution to reducing plastic in the oceans and one step closer to helping save our environment.
Problem :
Plastic waste has become a huge issue on our planet especially as global warming continues to worsen. Currently there are 315 billion lbs. of plastic waste in our oceans and this affects not only the animals directly but also poisons the water people make a livelihood off of. Overall, the plastic waste epidemic is something that needs to be solved, and soon, and this is one potential solution to help end it.
Before we decided on our idea, we went through a lot of research and brainstorming. To document all of this research, we created a padlet where we put in all of our sources and research while designing and figuring out how to build our project. If you click below, you will get to our padlet.
Engineering Design Process :
We were able to produce our product by following the steps of an engineering design process. we began by identifying our problem of the need to reduce the amount of plastic on our Earth. We then generated a few possible solutions we thought may work to solve this problem and settled on the water bubble as the best solution to our problem. Even once we had chosen to do the water bubble for our project, we generated alternative designs of the water bubble and then tested to see which model would work the best. We then began to test and create our water bubble prototype and performed a few tests on it to tests its durability, acidity, and shelf life. Once we ran performance tests and ensured it worked as we had hoped, we were able to complete the final product. We presented our product at project presentation night and will present our final product at STEM exhibition night.