INSTRUCTIONAL STUDY UNIT

Science 6

Duration: 1st Quarter Expected date of delivery:

Name: __________________________________________________________________________________________
Lesson 1: Mixture

Objectives: After completing the ISU, you are expected to:

 identify mixtures.
 recognize the kinds of mixtures;
 distinguish heterogeneous mixture and homogeneous mixture;\
 perform experiment on mixtures;
 make observation report based on experiment.

MINI LESSON

DID YOU KNOW?

A mixture is a material that is formed by the physical combining of two or more different substances.
These different components are simply mixed together. The type of substances or matter in a mixture can be
separated. After it is separated, the matter or substance is the same as it was before it is being mixed.

Mixtures can be everywhere. For example:

A fruit salad or a vegetable salad. A fruit salad is a mixture of different fruits and a vegetable salad is a
mixture of different vegetables.

In the evening before going to bed, you make mixtures unknowingly. Like having a powdered milk or
chocolate to a cup or glass of water. And your milk or chocolate drink is a mixture of water, chocolate, milk and
sugar.

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In the kitchen, you see seasonings for cooking. The seasoning is a mixture of herbs and spices.

Look at the picture of a garden soil below. It is a mixture of fine, pebbles, clay soil, and humus (decayed plants
and animals).

The air we breathe is also an example of mixture. The air is a mixture of several gases like oxygen,
hydrogen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, helium and others. It is also a mixture of vapor gases, smoke, salt crystals,
soot, and tiny organisms. All the water on earth is also an example of a mixture. Ocean water is a mixture of
water, different salts, and other minerals and chemicals.

Characteristics of Mixture
Here are the characteristics of mixtures:
1. The composition of a mixture is variable or changeable.
For example, the salt water changes its properties depending on how much salt is dissolved in water.
The more salt, the saltier the saltwater becomes. This will also change the freezing and boiling
temperatures of saltwater.

2. Each component in a mixture retains its characteristic properties.

For example, still saltwater mixture, the properties of salt do not disappear. Although salt cannot visibly
be seen in saltwater, you can still observe its taste which is salty.

3. The components in a mixture are easily separated.

For example, in a fruit or vegetable salad, you can easily separate the different fruits or vegetables.

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 ANALYSIS 1

Directions: In column A read and analyze the following mixtures whether the components are changeable or
can easily be separated. In column B, write C if changeable and ES if easily be separated in column B.
A B
1. orange juice
2. coffee powder
3. vegetable salad
4. chicken soup
5. salt
6. air
7. sand and water
8. soda _________________________________________
9. salt and pepper
10. lemonade

ANALYSIS 2

Directions: Analyze and write the correct characteristic of the mixtures given. Write C for changeable, RC for
characteristic properties that retain and ES for easily separated.

1. coffee dissolved in water ____________________________

2. fruits salad ____________________________
3. sugar dissolved in water ____________________________
4. mixed nuts ____________________________
5. salt water ____________________________
6. tea submerged in hot water ____________________________
7. sugar and salt ____________________________
8. milk
9. mud ____________________________
10. ocean water ____________________________

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 ABSTRACTION

When could we consider something as a mixture?

GENERALIZATION

1. What is a mixture?
2. What are the characteristics of mixture?

APPLICATION

Activity 1
Directions: Observe the mixture and answer the questions based on your observation about what happened to
the substances according to the resulting mixture.
Materials needed:
Oil
Water
Glass

1. What happened to the substances after mixing?

2. Can it still be separated from water?
3. Can it still be called a mixture?
Activity 2
Direction: Identify the following whether it is a Mixture or Non-mixture. Write your answers in the blanks
provided.
________________ 1. tree ________________6. coffee
________________2. Fruit salad ________________7. phone
________________3. stone ________________8. soup
________________4. air ________________9. soap
________________5. rooster ________________10. bag

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