Swimming pool

High school (ages 12+)
Sports & Games

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/swimming-pool

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the roman thermae engineering?Utilized complex hypocaust systems for heating water and featured multiple temperature pools
2. What is the 20th century construction innovations?Development of vinyl liners and fiberglass shells significantly increased pool accessibility
3. What is a swimming pool and where did it start?A swimming pool is a man-made body of water for swimming. The first pools were in ancient places like the Indus Valley and Egypt, and the Minoans built a small tiled pool at Knossos around 1700 BCE.
4. Why did the Romans build big bathhouses with many pools?Romans built thermae to mix bathing, socializing, and health. They had cold, warm, and hot pools and used heating systems to keep water at different temperatures.

Hypocaust System: An ancient Roman underfloor heating system used to warm rooms and water.
Hydrostatic Pressure: The pressure exerted by a fluid at equilibrium at a given point within the fluid, due to the force of gravity.
Diatomaceous Earth (DE) Filter: A highly efficient pool filter using fossilized algae to remove very fine particles.