science teacher's guide - DepEd Naga City

Teacher's GuideModule 2: Substances & MixturesActivity1Seawater! See water and salt!In grade 6, students have encountered several ways in separatingmixtures. Most of them are techniques to separate heterogeneous mixturessuch as scooping, filtration, anddecantation. In this activity, they willexperience a way of separating thecomponents of a homogeneousmixture. It is important that they areaware of the kind of sample they areworking with — mixture. They mayreview some characteristics of mixturessuch as those in the table on the right.They may check the sample that theyare going to use in this activity if itdoes have the characteristics listed inthe table. The students should knowthat the seawater sample is made up ofCharacteristics of Mixtures may be solid, liquid or gas may be homogeneous orheterogeneous made up of two or morecomponents components may beseparated/recovered byphysical means such asfiltration, and distillation amount of components mayvarycomponents; however, they cannot be distinguished because the sample ishomogeneous. This activity will help them “see” the components of theirseawater sample which are salt and water. They will distill the water out fromthe mixture and may refer to this product as distilled water. The remainingsample will evaporate out the rest of the water leaving salt crystals.Important!• Emphasize the ones written in the “Take Care!” boxes.• Make sure to use glassware that were not previously used forharmful chemicals. The students will be asked to taste a portion ofthe distillate.Grade 7 Science: MatterDiversity of Materials in the Environment 18