Card 4 Year 7

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Chemical Sciences
Australian curriculum Science Understanding Mixtures, including solutions, contain a combination of pure substances that can be separated using a range of techniques (ACSSU113). Elaboration Investigating and using a range of physical separation techniques such as filtration, decantation, evaporation, crystallisation, chromatography and distillation

Science Inquiry Skills Questioning and predicting Identify questions and problems that can be investigated scientifically and make predictions based on scientific knowledge (ACSIS124).

Planning and conducting In fair tests, measure and control variables, and select equipment to collect data with accuracy appropriate to the task (ACSIS126).

Processing and analysing data and information Summarise data, from students own investigations and secondary sources, and use scientific understanding to identify relationships and draw conclusions (ACSIS130). Procedural knowledge Pose questions, plan and conduct investigations. Use fair testing to investigation separating mixtures. Collect and represent data in a table and graph.

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Declarative knowledge Separation techniques including filtration, evaporation, crystallisation and chromatography can be used to separate mixtures. Physical properties of matter influence separation techniques.

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Teachers Page The unit is scaffolded using the Primary Connections 5 Es model. This allows students to work scientifically as they: Pose questions and make predictions. Collect and represent data. Analyse evidence Relate evidence and conclusions Develop further investigations.

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Explore Digital Task Card

Lesson Play You Tube video Brainstorm class ideas about physical separation techniques for mixtures. Create an ideas map on the whiteboard and ask students to write their thoughts. Show enlarged copy of worksheet and read the list of words and definitions at the bottom of the page (establish prior knowledge). Feed forward investigate various separation techniques and their purposes. Ask class which separation techniques they are interested in studying, record ideas and incorporate into unit where appropriate. This lesson is scaffolded using a digital task card. Students work in teams of 3 in the roles of Manager, Director and Speaker, to undertake investigations. Students record predictions, observations and results in science journals and upload investigation results to a class wiki. Investigation - Filtration and Evaporation Separate a mixture of sand, salt, pepper and water using both filtration of sand and then evaporation of salt Investigation - Evaporation Design and make a solar water purifier with your team. Use a digital camera to record your team working scientifically. Record predictions, observations and results to class wiki. http://www.csiro.au/helix/sciencemail/activities/WaterPurifier.htm Investigation - Chromatography Chromatography of leaves; Students collect various types of leaves grind them in mortar and pestle adding methylated spirits as the extracting solvent. Heat slightly in water bath. Cool and stand strip of filter paper in beaker and observe process. Investigation - Crystallisation Perform crystallisation of a soft drink.

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Describe the scientific principles involved in each of the following physical separation techniques, including Filtration

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Decantation Evaporation Crystallisation Chromatography Distillation

Briefly describe common usages of above separation techniques. Students share class wiki with parents and other Year 7 classes in the school.

Teacher background information Mixtures can be separated by using the properties of the substances in them. Some mixtures contain solids mixed with liquids. A filter can be used to separate the solid from the mixture. Some mixtures are more difficult to separate than others, for example, if sugar is stirred into water the sugar dissolves and breaks up into molecules that are too tiny to filter out. As the water is a liquid it will evaporate however the sugar will not. The mixture can be heated to speed the evaporation of water, leaving the sugar behind.

Resources http://www.concordh.schools.nsw.edu.au/documents/447809/453821/yr7_Chemistry_program_term_1_ 2012.pdf http://www.docbrown.info/page01/ElCpdMix/EleCmdMix2.htm