Let’s explore how SODIS is used in the real-world!

Check out this news report from SABC News to see how this simple process is saving lives in Kenya:

South African Broadcasting Corporation

Today, we are going to imagine that we are Environmental Scientists to build a SODIS timer that will:

  1. automatically track how long the water has been exposed to sunlight, and
  2. notify the community once it is safe to drink!

You can complete this project a few different ways:

A 3D render of Forward Education's Solar Water Disinfection (SODIS) project build

Use

An icon of a learner at a table, icons of building blocks and sensors surround their head.

Follow steps to build & use your SODIS timer!

Modify

An icon of a learner with a laptop at a desk. Code blocks surround their head.

Follow steps to build & code your SODIS timer!

Create

An icon of a learner at a table with building blocks. A pencil and a lightbulb surround their head.

Design, build & code your own SODIS timer from scratch!