Lesson 2.

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Unit 2: Chemical Bonding and Interactions

Unmixing Sugar and Sand HANDOUT

2.1.B

Your teacher will give each group a mixture of sand

Safety Note
and sugar. Work with your group to design a way to
Follow all safety guidelines
separate each substance from the mixture. In your provided by your teacher.
procedure, you can use only the materials your teacher
has made available to you.

Record information about your procedure in the space below.

MATERIALS
List the materials you will use for your procedure.

- Sugar (5ml)
- Water (15ml)
- Sand (5ml)
- Filter paper
- Hot plate
- Beaker
- Cylinder (500ml)
- Funnel

PROCEDURE
Write a step-by-step procedure you will use.

1. Mix water and sugar

2. Mix the mixed sugar and water with sand
3. Pour inside cylinders with the filter paper
4. Take filtered sugar water and place on top of hot plate
5. And leave the sand that's on the filter paper out to dry.

Ask your teacher to review your procedure. Once your procedure is approved, carry it
out with your group.

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HANDOUT ANALYSIS
2.1.B
After carrying out the procedure, answer the following questions:

1. How well did your procedure work for separating the sugar and sand?
It turned out well, my partners and I where able to see that the sugar and the
sand where separated by the sand that was left on the filter paper after we
filtered the water and by the caramel in the beaker after placing it on the hot
plate.

2. What would you change about the procedure, or the way you carried out the
procedure, to improve the results?

I don't really think there is any way I would change the procedure, because I
don't really know any other way or method to execute the experiment
correctly

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Particle Diagrams for Filtration HANDOUT

2.1.C
and Evaporation

1. The left side of the diagram below shows the setup that one student group used
to separate the sugar and sand. As represented in the diagram, the setup includes
a funnel with filter paper inside it. The right side of the diagram shows a highly
magnified view of the filter and the space just above and below it. In this part of
the diagram, you can see the small holes, or pores, in the filter paper. Fluid can
flow through these pores.
In their procedure, the students first added water to the sugar and sand mixture.
They then poured the entire sample into the funnel with the filter. Think about
what would have happened to the mixture when they did this. Then, fill in the
right side of the diagram to represent sugar, sand, and water particles in the
following areas:
ƒ Before the sample passes through the filter
ƒ ƒ As the sample is passing through the filter
ƒ ƒ After the sample passes through the filter

Use different color dots for each particle as shown in the key. Note that the paper
particles are drawn in for you.

Key
water particle
sugar particle
Filtration paper particle

sand grain
Magnified view of sample

sample before
passing through
filter paper

sample passing
through filter paper
paper particles
pore in the
paper
sample after
passing through
filter paper

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HANDOUT 2. The left side of the diagram below shows the process that one student group used
2.1.C
to separate sugar and water. As the diagram shows, the students heated a beaker
of sugar and water on a hot plate.
The right side of the diagram is incomplete. It is designed to show a magnified
view of the boundary between the liquid and vapor phases of the water. Fill in
the right side of the diagram to represent water and sugar particles just above and
below the boundary.

Evaporation

Magnified view

vapor

liquid

3. Now conduct a peer review of another group’s work, using the following steps:
(a) Choose one of your group member’s particle diagrams to represent your
group’s work. Trade these diagrams with another group.

(b) Evaluate the other group’s diagrams. Record your feedback for the other
group in the space below.
They should add more sugar and sand particles because of the
amount of water particles on the diagram.

(c) Meet with the other group to exchange feedback. Record the feedback from
the other group in the space below.
They said our my diagram was good and it was very clear and easy to
differentiate the particles.

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4. Revise your diagrams based on the feedback your group received. In the space HANDOUT
2.1.C
below, describe the revisions you made.

I went over my diagrams with Mr. Dube, and he said it was done very well and
that I don"t need to change anything.

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