Separating mixtures
Duration: 2 Weeks / 6 Hours
After the completion of Topic 2 the learners will be able to:
- Design and explain the best ways to separate and collect the materials from a mixture [sand; iron filings; salt; ethanol; water; etc.]
- Use a Liebig condenser/ any other suitable apparatus to demonstrate distillation.
- Separate ink by chromatography.
- Discuss one important consequence of poor waste management for the environment.
Content and Concepts: Please select a sub-category below
You will need
Equipment
- Computer / Tablet
- Data Projector
- Speakers
- Internet connection
Powerpoints and Photocopies
Available on category pages
- PowerPoint
- Worksheets
- Quiz
School Resources
- Scissors
- Glue
Other
- Sieves
- Filter paper
- Funnel
- Glass/ plastic jar
- Magnets
- Iron / metal filings (or coins)
- Sugar
- Salt
- Beans
- Rice
- Screws
- Nuts
- Newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, envelopes, A4 unruled pages, A4 Faint and Margin pages, A5 pages
- Magnets
- Iron filings, paper clips, needles, rubbers, pencils
- Different colours geometrical shapes
- Heat source
- Liebig condenser / test tubes, stoppers
- Glass and rubber tubes
- Black ink
- Koki colours
- Methylated spirits