STUDY TIP – Exaggerate it.

Integrate as many subjects as you

can into one topic.

toilets

mathematics/ physics

chemistryart

english

A simple example of how something common can be related to many subjects

There are places for twelve men to use this toilet at one time. It was built between 100 and 200 BC in Africa.

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When the toilet handle is pushed, water rushes from the tank into the bow.

This forces the water and waste in the bowl to empty into the sewer drain.

When the water level in the tank drains, a stopper opens. The tank refills with water.

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Large tanks collect waste from the sewer main. Liquid waste is separated from solid waste. Solid waste is burned or spread on farm fields as a fertilizer.The liquid waste is treated and then returned to nearby lakes and rivers

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In 2Q07 a Korean lawmaker named Sim Joe-duck built a house shaped like a toilet as he worried about the worldwide lack of proper toilets and wanted people to work on the problem.

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Before the 1600s, most people lived on farms or in small villages.

Waste was not a problem.

But as people moved to crowded cities, the problem of human waste grew.

People urinated in the streets. They also emptiedchamber pots onto the streets.