Help on making a water purification/distillation system please?

Question

i need to construct a water purification/distillation system,preferably a combination of both of them. it is for a project and we really want to impress our teacher so we would like to make like a really really really cool one, one that will make u thnk.

Answer 1

ummm maybe a something close to a pantyhose to be part of experiment? I'm being serious.

Answer 2

what you want sounds like a solar still. Basically you use a heat source to cause water to evaporate. Above the water is a waterproof material like glass of plastic. The Glass/plastic... is at an angle so the the water that condenses on it runs down it and drips into a clean container. The water is both purified and distilled.  You can use any heat source but a solar one is easy to make. A like internet searching on the terms Solar Still should be helpful.