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Hiking Filters

Wolf – 2nd Grade

Spirit of the Water

Elective

Requirement 4

Hiking Filters

Wolf – 2nd Grade

Spirit of the Water

Elective

Requirement 4

Hiking Filters

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts learn how a backpacking water filter works.

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Directions

During the meeting:

Gather Cub Scouts and share with them that no matter where the source of water comes from before it gets to your house it is filtered. There are several different ways to filter water and in most areas several methods are used. Most filtering systems start with removing solid items from the water, things like dirt, sand, and rocks. When we are on a campout or hiking and we find a natural source of water we must filter it first before drinking it.
Explain to Cub Scouts that water filters purify water by passing it through a filter, which blocks the bad things.
Pour water into each cup and allow Cub Scouts to drink it. Ask them how it tasted.
Add a small amount of salt to the pitcher of water.
Pour a small amount of salted water into each cup and allow Cub Scouts to taste. Ask them how it tasted.
Use the hiking filter to filter the salted water into the water bottle.
Pour filtered water into each cup and allow Cub Scouts to taste. Ask them how it tasted.