SEPARATING MIXTURES

(HAND PICKING)
Mixtures?

Mixtures is a combination of
two or more substances.

What do you think is the

appearance of the mixture
and their components of
these pictures?
How can you separate the
individual components of
mixture shown?

We can separate the

individual component through
HAND PICKING!
GROUP ACTIVITY:4.1 MIX AND
PICK

DO THE MIX AND PICK!

MATERAIALS:
STONE
CHALK
PAPER
COINS
PROCEDURES:

1. MIX AND PUT ALL THE

MATERIALS IN A SMALL CONTAINER.

2.AFTER MIXING,GIVE 3 MINUTES

TO SEPARATE THE MIX MATERIALS.

3.EXPLAIN WHAT IS THE METHOD

THAT WAS USE TO SEPARATE THE
MIX MATERIALS.
GUIDE QUESTIONS:

1.WHAT METHOD DID YOU USE TO

SEPARATE THE MIXTURES?

2.IF THE MATERIAL IS SAME SMALL

OF THE SAND WOULD IT BE EASY TO
USE THE HANDPICKING METHOD? IF
YES, WHY? IF NO, WHY?
Group Activity Presentation
 Handpicking
Hand picking is the method of separating easily
identifiable material from a mixture. The components
of the heterogeneous mixture can be separately
identified from each other. And they can be separated
from each other by by using hand picking.

In our daily lives we come across so many situations

in which we have to separate some substances from a
mixture in order to get a suitable substance for use.
Some of the substances are easily separable just by
taking out the impurities with hand. This method of
separation is known as handpicking. But some of them
cannot be removed by hand and we need some
other methods of separation for such mixtures.
For example: In our house, our mother separates
stones and insects from rice simply by hand.
But in case of tea and tea leaves, the method of
handpicking is not sufficient for the separation
and a filter is required. Thus we can say that
there are different methods to separate
different mixtures depending upon the
constituents of the mixture and the final
product required. Some of these methods are
carried out in dry conditions while some of
them are carried in wet conditions.
quantity.
 The method in which substances in a mixture can be separated
by just picking them out with the help of hand from the mixture is
known as handpicking method.

It is one of the various methods which are carried out in

dry conditions. The substances which are separated with the help of
this method can be useful product or the impurities which need to be
removed or both the substances which are separated can be useful
products.

This method is useful only when the substance which needs to

be separated is in small quantity. The substances in the handpicking
method can be separated on the basis of size, color, shape, weight
etc.

Handpicking examples are: If in a bowl, there are 7 round

shaped boxes and 3 rectangular boxes then the boxes can be easily
separated on the basis of shape.
Most methods have their advantages and limitations.
 The advantages of handpicking and its disadvantages have
been mentioned below:

Advantages:
This method doesn’t need any special machinery for the
separation of substances.
It takes less time when used for a small quantity.

Disadvantages:
It is not feasible for large quantity of substances.
It is only possible when substances are visibly different
in size.

This was just the brief layout about one of the separation
technique of substances i.e. handpicking.
What did you learned in our
lesson for today?
Evaluation:

1. what is the advantages of

hand picking (5pts.)

2. what is the disadvantages

of hand picking (5pts)

3.what is hand picking

(5pts)