Year 6: Science

Unit: Mixtures
Session 1 & 2: Mixtures
 Mixtures
Learning objectives:
 Explain what are mixtures.
 Determine the difference between solutions and suspensions.
 Describe how temperature affects solids dissolving in liquids and relate it to
the particle model.

Success criteria:
 I can:
 Identify what mixtures are.
 State the difference between solutions and suspensions.
 Identify the effect of temperature on the rate of dissolving.

Keywords:
 Mixture
 Solution
 Suspension
 Solute
 Solvent
Mixtures
 Mixture
Any two or more substances that have been
mixed together and can usually be separated
back into the original substances

Physical combination of substances

Is it a mixture or not ?
Is it a mixture or not ?
Is it a mixture or not ?
Is it a mixture or not ?
Is it a mixture or not ?
Is it a mixture or not ?
Is it a mixture or not ?
 Substance Substance
that that doesn’t
dissolves in dissolve in
water. water.

Soluble
Insoluble
The salt and water completely mix
together and you can’t see where is the
water and where is the salt

Solution
Is it a solution or not ?
Is it a solution or not ?
Is it a solution or not ?
Is it a solution or not ?
 Solution
Is a mixture with parts that blend
so that it looks the same
everywhere

Example : sugar dissolving in water

 Solution

solute solvent
The smaller amount that is The larger amount that
dissolved in a solution dissolves a substance in a
solution
 Example

Sugar water
solute solvent

sugar water
Note : water is
a universal
solvent
 Example

Cigarette smoke in air

solute solvent

Cigarette air
smoke
 Example

Soda drink - carbon dioxide

(bubbles) and sugar water

solute solvent

Carbon Sugar
dioxide water
 Example

Gold ring – copper

and gold

solute solvent

copper gold
 Example

ocean water

solute solvent

salt water
 Example

Nichrome wire – 80%

nickel and 20% chromium

solute solvent

chromium nickel
 Example

Bronze – 88% copper and

12% tin

solute solvent

tin copper
 Brass – 70% copper and 30% zinc

 Sugar water – sugar and water

 Hot chocolate – milk and chocolate

 Sea water – water and salt

 Nichrome – 20% chromium and 80% nickel

Index card

Solute Solvent
In a solution, which do you typically have
more of ?

a) Solute
b) Solvent
c) The same amount of both
 Solubility
The maximum amount of solute that
can dissolve in a solvent .

**Many substances become more

soluble at higher temperatures.
 Suspension
A substance that is mixed with a
liquid but is undissolved.

Example :* Sand in water

* Starch in water
Suspension
Suspension
 Suspension

Type of mixture which over time

has one or more parts that settles
to the bottom
 Starter
A Nice Cup of Tea
When you add sugar to a cup of tea what happens…

• to the sugar?

• to the mass of the tea?

• if the tea is made with colder water?

 Adding Sugar to Water
When you add sugar to a cup of tea, the sugar
dissolves, it doesn’t disappear!

The particles of sugar are added to the particles

of water, so the mass increases.
 Adding Sugar to Water
When you add sugar to colder water, it takes longer to dissolve, if at all!

Think back to how particles are arranged in a liquid.

Why might it take longer if the water is colder?

 Adding Sugar to Water
When water is colder, the particles are moving more slowly.

When water is hotter, the particles are moving faster.

 Keywords Activity
• The substance being dissolved is called the solute.

• The substance it’s dissolving into is called the solvent.

• A mixture of a solute and solvent is called a solution.

Can you draw a quick sketch of a

cup of tea and write these
definitions in the correct place?
 Answers
The substance it’s dissolving
into is called the solvent.

A mixture of a solute and

solvent is called a solution.

The substance being

dissolved is called the
solute.
 Plenary: Spot the Keyword
How many keywords from today can you spot in these pictures?
 Plenary: Spot the Key Word
How many keywords from today can you spot in these pictures?

Sand – insoluble.
Salt – solute/soluble. Coffee beans – solute/partly soluble.
Water – solvent. Water – solvent.
Sea – solution. Coffee – solution.

Bath bomb – solute/soluble.

Bath water – solvent.
Bath with salts – solution.
What happens when a
solid dissolves in a
liquid?
Particle model of a liquid
Particle model of a solution

solute

solvent
Which materials will dissolve
in water?
salt pepper

tea leaves Instant coffee

sand jelly crystals

sugar cooking oil

 What is the correct scientific word for
describing something that does not dissolve
in water?
filtration

insoluble

solution
What would make a solid dissolve quicker
in water?
Stirring it quickly or longer

Adding more heat

Making the solid into bigger pieces

Making the solid into smaller particles