7 Ea-6 The right steps

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1 A student wrote a method for filtering soil out of muddy water. The steps she wrote in her
method were not as good as they could be.
Rewrite each step below so it is clearer and another student can follow the instructions.
A Fold the filter paper and stick it into the funnel.

B The funnel goes in the container.

C When I poured the water in at the top, clean water came out at the bottom and the mud was
the stuff left in the filter.

2 The drawings on the left are pieces of apparatus that are used for filtering. Draw the symbols
for the apparatus in the boxes on the right. Remember to use a sharp pencil and a ruler.

Apparatus Symbol

filter funnel and paper

conical flask

3 Explain why scientists draw apparatus diagrams using two-dimensional symbols and not three-
dimensional pictures.

I can…
● present ideas about science clearly
● use agreed scientific symbols appropriately.

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