Department of Education

National Capital Region

Schools Division of Parañaque City
Self – Learning Module
Science 6 Quarter 1 Week 7

Learning Competencies (Essential Competencies)

• Describe techniques in separating mixtures such as decantation, evaporation, filtering,

sieving, and using a magnet

LESSON 22: PROCESS OF SEPARATING MIXTURE THROUGH DECANTATION

Objective:

• Investigate the process of separating mixture through decantation

Let’s Recall (Review)

Directions: Write YES if the material/substance dissolves completely in a solvent and NO if not.
Write your answer on the space provided before the number.
1. dry leaves
2. rocks
3. powdered chocolate
_________4. oil
_________5. powdered juice

Let’s Understand (Study the Concept)

Decantation is a method for separating a mixture of a liquid and a heavier solid. In this
process the solid impurities are allowed to sediment at the bottom of the container. The pure liquid is
poured out carefully from the container into another container. The solid is left behind at the bottom
of the container.

sand

water

Let’s Apply

Direction: Perform the activity given below with the help or guidance of your parent/guardian. Do the
simple activity below following the given procedure.

Decantation of water and rice

Materials needed:
• Pot
• small basin/container water
• 1 cup of rice

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Procedures:
1. Get the pot and put the 1 cup of rice.
2. Put water inside the pot with rice and stir.
3. After mixing the rice and water, set it aside.
4. After a few minutes, observe what happened.
5. Separate the water from the rice by pouring the water in another container.

Direction: Based on previous activity answer the questions below. Write your answer on the space
provided.

1. What have you noticed while stirring the rice and water? ___________
2. Did the rice dissolve in water? Why? ___________________________
3. When you left the mixture undisturbed, what have you observed? _____________________
4. What technique did you use to separate the water from the rice?_____________________

Let’s Analyze
Directions: Study the mixtures below and answer the questions. Write your answers on the space
provided before the number.
A B

Mongo seed and water Tea

Questions
1. What are the components of mixture A? _________mixture B? _____________
2. How can you separate the components in mixture A? _______ mixture B? ___________

LESSON 23: PROCESS OF SEPARATING MIXTURE THROUGH FILTRATION

Objective

• Investigate the process of separating mixture through filtration

Let’s Recall (Review)

Direction: Draw a smiley face if the mixture can be separated by decantation and a sad face
if not. Draw your answers before the number.
1. mixed nuts
2. sugar solution
3. muddy water
4. pebbles and water
5. powdered chocolate and water

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 Let’s Apply
Direction: Perform the activity given below with the help or guidance of your parent/guardian.

Materials:
Crushed chalk, glass of water, bottle, funnel (imbudo), cloth or katsa

Procedure:
1. Prepare a mixture of crushed chalk and water
2. Place the cloth inside the funnel.
3. Slowly pour the mixture in the funnel.

Direction: Based on previous activity answer the questions below. Write your answer on the space
provided.
1. What are the different components of the mixture? ____________
2. How did you separate the components of the mixture? ___________

Let’s Analyze

Directions: Study the mixtures below and answer the questions. Write your answers on the space
provided before the number.
A B

Soil and water Coffee and water

Questions
1. What are the components of mixture A? _________mixture B? _____________
2. How can you separate the components in mixture A? _______ mixture B? ____________

LESSON 24: PROCESS OF SEPARATING MIXTURE THROUGH SIEVING

Objective:

• Investigate the process of separating mixture through sieving.

Let’s Recall (Review)

Directions: Put a check (/) if the mixture can be separated by filtration and (x) if it is not. Write your
answer on the space provided before the number.
_________1. vinegar and salt
2. salt solution
3. mud and water

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 4. soil and water
5. dirt and water

Let’s Understand (Study the Concept)

Uses of Sieving
Mixture with big and fine components can be separated by sieving. It involves using a strainer
or a big screen to separate the components of solid mixture. Strainer allows only the fine particles
through it and prevents the larger ones, like fine sand and rocks in the mixture of gravel and sand

Let’s Apply

Direction: Perform the activity given below with the help or guidance of your parent/guardian.

STRAINING COCONUT

Materials:
grated coconut, water, strainer, and basin
Procedures:
1. Get a handful of grated coconut.
2. Pour ½ cup of water on it.
3. Squeeze the grated coconut on the strainer.
4. Observe what passes through the strainer.
Direction: Based on previous activity answer the questions below. Write your answer on the space
provided.
1. What is left on the strainer? ________________________
2. What is being separated from the grated coconut? _____________
3. How did you separate the coconut milk from the grated coconut? ____

Let’s Analyze

Directions: Study the mixtures below and answer the questions.

1. What is left on the strainer?
2. What is being separated from the sand?
3. How did you separate the pebbles from the sand?

LESSON 25: PROCESS OF SEPARATING MIXTURE THROUGH PICKING

Objective:
• Investigate the process of separating mixture through picking

Let’s Recall (Review)

Direction: Write S if the mixture can be separated by sieving and NS if not. Write your answer on the
space provided before the number.
1. flour and sugar
2. coconut milk & coconut meat
3. gravel and sand
4. pasta noodles and water
5. calamansi juice and calamansi seeds

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 Let’s Understand (Study the Concept)

Picking is a technique used in separating the solid component of a heterogeneous

mixture. The components of the mixture are big enough to be seen and picked up by hands.
When you separate marbles from sand, you used your bare hands.

Let’s Apply

Direction: Perform the activity given below with the help or guidance of your parent/guardian.
MIXED CORN, CARROTS AND GREEN PEAS
Materials:
• green peas corn carrots
• mixing bowl
Procedures:
1. Prepare a mixture of different vegetables.
2. Put all components in a bowl.
3. Separate the components of mixture by using your hand.

Direction: Based on previous activity answer the questions below.Write your answer on the space
provided.
1. What kind of mixture do you have? _______________
2. What are the different components of your mixture?__________________________
3. How did you separate the components of mixture?__________________________

Let’s Analyze

Directions: Study the mixtures below and answer the questions. Write your answers on the space
provided before the number.

1. What are the different components of your mixture?______________________

2. How did you separate the components of mixture?_______________________

Let’s Try (Evaluation)

Direction: Read the questions carefully and write the letter of the correct answer.

1. If you want to separate sand from a mixture of sand and water, what method of
separation of mixtures will you use?
A. filtration B. sieving C. hand picking D. evaporation

2. What technique is used in separating soluble solid from a liquid?

A. sieving B. evaporation C. filtration D. decantation

3. What technique involves using a strainer or a big screen to separate the components of
solid mixture?
A. sieving B. evaporation C. filtration D. decantation

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 4. What method is used for separating a mixture of a liquid and a heavier solid?
A. decantation B. sieving C. hand picking D. evaporation

5. Which of the following pictures show decantation?

A. C.

B. D.

6. What method of separating mixtures uses a filter like mesh cloth or a filter paper to
separate solid components from a liquid?
A. sieving B. evaporation C. filtration D. decantation

7. If you want to separate carrots from a mixture of potatoes, what method of separation of
mixtures will you use?
A. decantation B. sieving C. hand picking D. evaporation

8. What method of separating mixture uses clean cloth, cheesecloth or filters?

A. decantation B. filtration C. evaporation D. picking

9. What do you call this method wherein the rice grains can be separated from unnecessary
components like rice hulls, small stones and insects by letting them float in the water and be
transferred to another container by pouring them out?
A. decantation B. filtration C. sieving D. picking

10. How can tea be separated from tea bag?

A. by picking B. by evaporation C. by filtration D. by decantation

Let’s Create

Directions: Perform the activity given below with the help or guidance of your parent/guardian.

In cooking pancit canton. How can you separate noodles from water? What technique of separation
will you use? Explain in 3 to 5 sentences how you separated the components of your mixture

Rubrics
Indicator Points
Technique used to separate the mixture was 5
explained correctly and completely.
Minimal errors are found in explaining the 3
technique used in separating the mixture.
The explanation was not clearly stated. 2