Solutions and Mixtures Activities

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These Mixtures and Solutions activities will increase your students’ independence during labs! Students will have fun exploring solutions and mixtures with these hands-on activities. Whether you homeschool 1 kiddo or have a class full of students, these middle school labs are designed to help students complete labs will less assistance from their instructors. Each lab includes step-by-step Google slides for each step, saving you from running around like a crazy chicken during labs because they SHOW and TELL the students exactly what to do for EACH step.

These middle school labs are perfect for every type of learner, but are especially helpful for students struggling to complete labs independently. They are also perfect for homeschool labs and make-up labs for students that missed the class activity. These Solutions and Mixtures Activities were created to be easy to teach and fun to do. All of the activities use materials that are easy to find.

This SOLUTIONS and MIXTURES Resource Includes:

• Materials list for each activity, so you can easily gather everything you need before you get started
• Background information for the teacher to help you feel prepared to answer questions
• Instructions for easy preparation which will save you time
• Expected results for each activity so you don’t have to do the activity ahead of time
• Student instructions as printable worksheets, with places for students to record responses as they work through the experiment. This is especially helpful for students that may lose their place if they need to flip to a separate lab report.
• Photos of each step for each experiment so instructors and students can see exactly what to do for each step
• Editable Google Slides for each activity with photos of each step to help students work through the activity independently

Three hands-on mixture and solutions activities are included:

• Solution or Mixture? – Students discover the difference between a solution and a mixture.
• Does it Dissolve? – Students make colored sugar and add it to water, alcohol, and oil to discover some interesting differences in dissolving.
• Milk Rainbow – Students will explore mixtures by making a “rainbow” with milk, food coloring and detergent.

This resource is for:

• Classroom Teachers
• Homeschool Parents
• Homeschool Co-op Teachers
• Christian School Teachers
• Enrichment Teachers
• Special Education Teachers

List of EASY TO FIND materials needed for each student:

• Glasses/cups of water
• Mason jars with rings
• Coffee filters
• Sand
• Salt
• Spoons
• Marker
• Teaspoon
• Tablespoon
• Water
• Vegetable oil
• Isopropyl rubbing alcohol, 70%
• Sugar
• Food coloring
• Zip-closing plastic bag, sandwich size
• Clear plastic cups
• Craft sticks or stirrers
• Milk
• Liquid dish soap
• Aluminum pie tin
• Cotton swabs

This product supports the following Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS):

• • 5-PS1-4
  • MS-PS1-2

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