Mixtures Unit - Kinder to Grade 4

15 Videos + 7 Printable Experiments + Scope & Sequence + Cross-curricular Teaching & Project Ideas + Curriculum links & more

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A complete unit of work on mixtures
designed for Grades 3 to 6.

Go beyond simple stirring
Churn butter, use ink chromatography to unmix the hidden colours, master the science of filtration, evaporation, and crystallisation & more to discover how we isolate the pure substances that make up our world.

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What Your Students Will Discover

Milk Rainbows
Observe the science of surface tension and fat molecules.
Students create a swirling explosion of colour that demonstrates how mixtures interact, dependent on how they are attracted to water.

Skittle Science
Explore solubility and diffusion.
Students create stunning patterns by dissolving candy coatings, witnessing how solutes spread through a solvent in real-time.  

Ink Chromatography
Uncover the hidden colours inside a single black pen.
Students use water to separate ink mixtures, learning how this technique is used to find isolate chemical compounds.

The Classroom Water Filter
Your students become environmental engineers.
Using sand, gravel, and cloth, they’ll build a multi-layered system to separate dirt from water, exploring the power of filtration.  

The Rainbow Density Column
Why do some liquids stack while others mix?
Students build a colourful tower of fluids to explore density, flotation and discovering why oil and water refuse to stay together.  

Churning Butter
A physical change in action.
Students shake cream to separate the fats from the liquid, learning about emulsions and how mechanical energy can pull a mixture apart.

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Optional materials to have on-hand include Skittles, water, cups, sugar, plastic bottles, scissors, rubber bands, dish cloth, sand, gravel, dirt, felt tip pens, paper towelling or tissues, full cream milk, food colouring, detergent, a plate, a jar, salt, water, vegetable oil & straws

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