Activity 3

Introduction
Challenge!

reflections
Objectives
Separating a mixture of

Activities,
sand, salt and nails.

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Formative Assessment

Assessments
Criterion B(iv)

Vocabulary
Part 1 Instructions: Read Carefully

Introduction
❏ In your tray you have some apparatus (science equipment).
You also have some sand, salt and iron nails mixed together in a beaker.

❏ Your task is to separate the nails, sand and salt using only the things in the tray.

reflections
Objectives
❏ THE WINNER is the group that gets the most, pure, clean salt back from the mixture.

❏ As a group, you also need to make a plan and write a list of instructions ( a method) that

Activities,
somebody else could use to follow your plan. This will be a practise for your summative

notes
assessment. YOU MUST WRITE YOUR OWN PLAN AFTER DISCUSSING WITH YOUR PARTNER

❏ You will peer assess your plans.

Assessments
WORD BANK
Solvent, solute, solution, soluble, insoluble, dissolve, stir, separate, pour, evaporate, filter,
filtrate, residue, filter funnel, filter paper, beaker, dropper, petri dish, distilled water, magnet,

Vocabulary
measuring cylinder (graduated cylinder)
Instructions:
Use the word bank to make a list of the apparatus (equipment) you used.

Introduction
WRITE HERE
Apparatus and Equipment.

reflections
Objectives
- Petri dish
- Pure HO2
- Filter paper

Activities,
- Magnet

notes
- Graduated cylinder
- The beaker with the salt, sand and nails
- Other beaker

Assessments
- Spatula
- funnel

Vocabulary
Instructions:
Write a numbered list of instructions (the steps you used) to separate sand,

Introduction
salt and nails.

Method/Procedure/Instructions

reflections
Objectives
1. Use the magnet to get the nails out of the beaker

2. Add 203 of Pure HO2 to the beaker, with salt and sand.

3. Dissolve the salt with a spatula (add a little more HO2, and repeat, then repeat x2)

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notes
4. Fold and put the filter paper on the funnel

5. Pour salt water with sand through the funnel into the beaker (repeat x3)

Assessments
6. Pour salt water onto a petri dish and let the water evaporate for the weekend

7. After weekend, check the salt.

Vocabulary
Instructions:

Introduction
Write down some things you need to do to stay safe.

Safety:
1. Be careful not to eat or drink anything

reflections
Objectives
2. Don’t play around with the materials
3. Don’t fight
4. Don’t run

Activities,
notes
5. Don’t get it into your eyes, nose, or mouth.

Assessments
Vocabulary
Assessment Criterion B strand (iv)

Introduction
Level Descriptor Teacher comments

1-2 I tried to design a method but it is not complete.

reflections
Objectives
3-4 I selected (chose) the equipment (apparatus)
used and designed a safe method.

5-6 I selected (chose) the correct equipment

Activities,
(apparatus)used and designed a complete,safe

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method.

7-8 I selected (chose) the correct equipment

Assessments
(apparatus)used and designed a complete,
logical, safe method.

Reflection:

Vocabulary
To do better I need to….