SCIENCE 6

•Handpicking
• Sieving
• Magnetism
• Decantation
• Filtering
The Benefits of Handpicking, Sieving, Using
Magnets and Decantation
• Separation of the substances
through handpicking, sieving, use
of magnets and filtration has
different purposes and benefits.
This is to remove the unwanted
particles and to get the important
components that we need.
• Separating substances from
mixtures is an important
part of our daily activities
in order to get the
important mixtures or
components that we need.
 Fill in the blanks to measure your
knowledge of the our previous lesson.

1. ______ is the process of separating

mixtures which uses screen that allow
substances to pass through the holes.
A. Handpicking B. Separation
C. Sieving D. Use of magnets
2. ______ is used to separate mixtures of metals
and non-metals, especially in the junkyards.
A. Handpicking B. Sieving
C. Physical manipulation D. Use of magnets

3. It is a technique that is beneficial in many

areas of the community, for example
separating oil from water.
B. Decantation B. Distillation
C. Filtration D. Picking
4. If Anna wants to get iron fillings out of the sand,
what practical applications she will use to separate
these two solids?
A. Handpicking B. Filtration
C. Sieving D. Magnetism
5. If an oil spill spotted along the shoreline of your
area, what process can you suggest to separate oil
from water?
A. I will suggest using distillation to purify water.
B. I will suggest using decantation to separate oil from water.
C. I will suggest using filtration to filter the oil from water.
D. I will suggest using sieving by letting the mixture pass
through a sieve or strainer
Your mother told you to remove unwanted
components like small rocks and specks
from the uncooked rice before cooking it.
•What will you do?
• How will you separate unwanted
components from the rice grains?
•Why do you need to separate them?
 Answer:

Simply because you might

also eat the unwanted
components being mixed
from the rice you cooked.
 GROUP ACTIVITY
• Direction: Identify the ways and the benefits in separating the following
mixtures. Copy and write your answers in ¼ size Manila Paper.

Components Separation Methods Benefits

Sewing Kit with buttons and

needles

A basket full of laundry

Sand and gravel

needles Oil mixed with water

Mud mixed with water