5th Grade Mixtures and Solutions
Content Standard II: Physical
Essential Learnings:
What do students need to know and be able to do?
Big Ideas:
1. Experimental Design (observations, question,
hypothesis and design)
2. Scientific testing (conduct investigations, collect
and organize data)
3. Analysis and Conclusions (analysis trends, and
conclusions)
4. Structures and Properties of Matter
5. Sources and Properties of Energy
Students will…..
Observe objects have many observable properties, including size, weight, shape, color,
temperature, and the ability to react with other substances.
Identify a substance has characteristic properties, such as density, a boiling point, and
solubility, all of which are independent of the amount of the sample. A mixture of
substances often can be separated into the original substances using one or more of the
characteristic properties.
Observe substances react chemically in characteristic ways with other substances to form
new substances with different characteristic properties. In chemical reactions, the total
mass is conserved.
Essential Vocabulary:
Mixture Property
Chemical Reaction
Solution
Evaporation
Solvent
Solute Saturated Solution
Solubility
Concentration Dilute
How will we effectively teach to ensure students learn?
 Inquiry
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High Yielding Instructional Strategies embedded in each investigation below
Volume
Investigation 1:
Separating
Mixtures
Essential Questions:
How can a mixture be
separated?
How can a solution be
separated?
Investigation 2:
Investigation 3: Concentration
Reaching Saturation
Investigation 4: Fizz
Quiz
Essential Questions:
Essential Question:
Essential Questions:
Is there a limit to the amount
of salt that can dissolve in 50
ml of water?
How can an unknown
chemical be identified by its
solubility?
How are materials identified
by their crystals?
What happens to the soft-drink solution when you
increase the amount of powder in a given amount of
water?
How do you know a chemical
reaction has occurred?
How can you determine which of two salt solutions is
more concentrated?
How can you tell whether three solutions have
different concentrations?
What are the physical characteristics of solutions?
How do you obtain a
saturated solution using a
variety of materials?
Part 1: Making and
Separating Mixtures
Part 2: Separating a Salt
Solution
Part 3: Observing
Crystals
Part 4: Separating a Dry
Mixture
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Part 1: Salt Saturation
Part 1: Soft-Dink
Part 1: Chemical Reactions
Part 2: Citric-Acid Saturation Part 2: Salt Concentration
Part 2: Reaction Products
Part 3: The Saturation
Puzzle
Part 3: Reaction in a zip bag
Part 4: Comparing Crystals
Part 3: Mystery Solutions
Part 4: Choosing your own
Investigation
What will we do if students don’t learn or if they are already performing at or above grade level?
Science Extension opportunities provided in teachers manual
Reteaching Strategies
Suggested Time Frame:
Scope and Sequence:
15 Investigations 45 minutes each
DRAFT
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5/8/2009