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Year 7 Separating Mixtures – Interactive Investigation
Students choose a separation method, run it and observe what it separates, moving between a particle view and an apparatus view of filtration, evaporation, distillation and chromatography. The guided structure helps students match a technique to the property it relies on. The full interactive is available to licensed Education Universe users.
Year 7Guided investigationSeparating Mixtures
Learning outcomes
- Describe filtration, evaporation, distillation and chromatography.
- Match a separation technique to the property it uses.
- Use a particle model to explain how a mixture is separated.
Teaching guidance
Give students a mixture and ask them to choose and justify a technique before running it.
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