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5CD: Mixtures
Matter and Energy
Description
Students match a mixture with an appropriate tool to separate it, then design a series of steps to
separate a more complex mixture (solution).
Materials
Procedure
4. Discuss the final sequence with students. In the case of misconceptions, ask questions that will
prompt them to fix the sequence on their own.
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Matter and Energy
Guiding Points
• Students must understand that mixtures can be separated into their individual parts.
• Students must be able to identify the physical properties of both the ingredients and the
mixtures/ solutions they form.
• Students must understand that the physical properties of a substance will determine the method
for separating the mixture.
• Students must understand that solutions are a type of mixture in which one ingredient dissolves
in another.
Guiding Questions
Attachments
Mixture Cards
Tool/ Equipment Cards
Sequencing Cards
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5.5CD: Mixtures
Matter and Energy
Red
Uncooked
marbles Salt and Sand and
rice and
and blue water water
gravel
marbles
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5.5CD: Mixtures
Matter and Energy
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5.5CD: Mixtures
Matter and Energy