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Science
Quarter 1 - Module 5:
Comparing Techniques in
Separating Mixtures

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Science
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Comparing Techniques in
Separating Mixtures

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 What I Need to Know

Dear Teachers and Learners, the writers humbly welcome you all to this Science 6
First Quarter Self-Learning Module. This material guides you to learn on the different
techniques in separating mixtures. It also includes different ways in separating such mixtures
and valuing its beneficial effects for yourself and for the community.
As stewards of learning, we fervently hope that this simple material would inspire you
to learn and can make you enjoy while learning from this at home. Remember, learning by
doing this challenge with a heart, is what matters most.
So, here are some few reminders for you to follow in using this learning module:
1. Take your time to read every detail that this module contains.
2. This Module contains Lesson 1, 2 and 3 of which each lesson is provided
with activities/tests that will surely lead you to learn and enjoy.
3. Please be reminded to follow the directions and procedures given in every Activity
from Lesson 1 up to Lesson 3 so that your experience in using this module will be
meaningful and successful.
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every lesson. However, make sure to do the Activity first before checking your
answers based on the given Answer Key. The goal is to make sure that you work
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will possibly takes place although you work in this at home.
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learners and would facilitate meaningful learning among learners studying from
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every Lesson in this module.
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page

COVER PAGE
COPYRIGHT PAGE
TITLE PAGE …………………………………………………………………..
INTRODUCTORY MESSAGE …………………………………...................
TABLE OF CONTENTS……………………………………………………….

Lesson 1 – Ways of Separating Components of Mixtures 1

What I Need to Know……………………………………………………….. 1

What I Know: Pre-Test Multiple Choice ….…………………………......... 1
What’s In: Knowing You.……………………………………………………. 2
What’s New: Choose Me Right ……………………................................... 2
What is It: Discussion ………….…………………………………………… 2
What’s More: Infer Me …………………................................................. 3
What I Have Learned: Fill the Gap ………………..……………………… 3
What I Can Do: Study Me …………………………………………………. 3
Assessment: Multiple Choice Test …………………………………......... 4
Additional Activities: Know Me ………………………………................... 4

Lesson 2 – Differentiating Physical Manipulation from Chemical Process 5

What I Need to Know……………………………………………………. 5

What I Know: Pre- Test Multiple Choice………………………………. 5
What’s In: …….……………………………………………………………. 6
What’s New: Separate Ways …………………………………………….. 6
What is It: …….…………………………………………………………….. 6
What’s More: You Complete Me …………………………………........... 7
What I Have Learned: Choose Me Activity ……………………………… 7
What I Can Do: Compare and Contrast ……………………………………… 8
Assessment: Multiple Choice Test……………………………………… 9
Additional Activities: Looking for Solutions ………………………………... 9
Key Answers ……………………………………………………………… 11-
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References ……………………………………………………………... 13
 Lesson
Ways of Separating
1 Components of Mixtures

Hello dear learner! Welcome to another day of learning! As you know, there are
different techniques to separate components of mixture.How will you know what is the best
way to separate them? This lesson will help you in knowing them.

What I Need To Know

After completing this lesson, you are expected to:
1. classify the ways of separating components of mixture;
2. infer whether mixtures can be separated through physical manipulation or
chemical process; and
3. appreciate the importance in separating components of mixture.

What I Know
Pre-Test:
Directions: Read the sentences carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer and write it
on your Science Activity Notebook.
1. Which group of mixtures could be separated by sieving?
A.) Flour, gravel and sugar
B.) Fruit salad, mixed nuts, spring water
C.) Mayonnaise, mixed nuts, sand
D.) Seawater, soft drink, sugar solution

2. Filtration is a method used to separate insoluble solids from liquid. What group of
mixtures could be separated by filtration?
A.) Flour, gravel and sugar
B.) Fruit juice, salt solution, sugar solution
C.) Fruit salad, mixed nuts, spring water
D.) Milk from grated coconut, sand from water, soil from water

3. Magnets attract objects made of metals. Which group of objects can be attracted to
magnets?
A.) Flour, fruit salad, spring water
B.) Flour, grated coconut, sugar solution
C.) Flour, gravel and sugar
D.) Metals from junkyard, staple wire from rice, sulfur powder and iron fillings

4. Which of the following techniques uses chemical process in separating mixtures?

A. Decantation B. Evaporation C. Hand Picking D. Sieving

5. What physical manipulation technique do you use to separate iron fillings from the
sand? A. Bar magnet B. Decanting C. Distillation apparatus D. Filter paper

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 What’s In
In the previous lesson, you have learned how to identify the different ways of separating
mixtures. Answer the activity below to check whether you have remembered your last lesson.

Activity 1. – Knowing You

Directions: Identify ways of separating components of the following mixtures. Choose your
answer from the box.
Decantation Filtration
Evaporation Handpicking
Use of magnet

1. Fats from pork sinigang - _____________________

2. Fruits from fruit salad - _____________________
3. Milk from grated coconut - _____________________
4. Salt from salt solution - _____________________
5. Needle from assorted buttons - _____________________

What’s New

Suppose you were given a basket of mangoes and avocados, how would you sort
them? You would probably pick out all the avocados from mangoes by hand. The same
method may not be suitable for all the mixtures. You would probably not consider sorting
sugar and sand grains by hand.

What Is It

There are different techniques of separating mixtures. These are the following:

 Sieving – is used to separate mixtures that are composed of big and fine particles
 Handpicking – can be used to separate particles from a mixtures that are large
enough to be picked by hand or used of forceps
 Use of magnet – used to separate metal from non-metals
 Evaporation – used to separate liquids and soluble solids
 Filtration – used to separate mixtures of liquid and insoluble or undissolved solids
 Distillation – used to separate miscible liquids or liquid that are uniformly mixed
 Decantation – used to separate immiscible liquids or liquids that do not mixed at
all

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 What’s More

Activity 3: Infer Me Activity

Directions: Infer whether the mixture can be separated through physical manipulation or
chemical process. Write (X) according to the process the mixture is separated.

Mixtures Technique used Physical Manipulation Chemical Process

1.Salt Solution Evaporation X
2.Fruits from fruit salad
3.Bananas from binignit
4.Coconut milk from grated
coconut
5.Sand from sand & gravel

What I Have Learned

Activity 4: Fill the Gap!
Fill in the blanks to complete the sentence. Choose your answer from the word bank.

Decantation Filtration Use of magnet

Distillation Handpicking
Evaporation Sieving

1. ____________ is a method that can be used to separate solid that dissolves

completely in liquid.
2. __________is a technique used to separate components of fine and large particles.
3. Mixtures that are composed of metal and nonmetals can be separated by the
____________.
4. I have learned that the techniques of separating mixtures through physical
manipulation are ________________________________________________.
5. I also learned that the techniques of separating mixtures through chemical process
are _______________________________________________.

What I Can Do

Activity 4: Study Me
Directions: Read and analyze the paragraph. Answer the questions that follow.
1. Mrs. Salazar will make macaroni salad for her son’s birthday. She prepares the
ingredients needed. She cooked the pasta, opened a can of fruit cocktail as well as
other ingredients. She needs to remove some water and juice from these ingredients.
Can you help her decide the best way to do it?
Answer/s:_____________________________________________________________

2. Handpicking is an example of physical manipulation. How important is physical

manipulation in your daily activities?

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 Answer/s:_____________________________________________________________

Assessment
Post –Test: Multiple Choice Test
Directions: Read and analyze each item carefully. Choose the letter that corresponds to your
answer. Write your answer in your Science Activity Notebook.
1. Which group of mixtures could be separated by filtration?
A.) flour, gravel and sugar
B.) fruit juice salt solution, sugar solution
C.) fruit salad, mixed nuts, spring water
D.) milk from grated coconut, sand from water, soil from water,

2. Sulfur powder and iron fillings, and metals from junkyard can be separated by the use
of magnet, while gravel, flour and sugar can be separated by_______.
A.) decantation B.) distillation C.) filtration D.) sieving

3. If pure water, distilled water and ethanol be produced by distillation, sugar and salt
solution can be separated through ________.
A.) decantation B.) evaporation C.) filtration D.) sieving

4. Which of the following is used to separate iron filings from the sand?
A. Bar magnet B. Decanting C. Distillation apparatus D. Filter paper

5. A mixture of wood chips, sand, iron filings and gravel can be separated by physical
manipulation. What is the best method to separate them?
A. Use sieve to separate the iron filings and the sand
B. Use the tweezers to pick out the iron filings
C. Use the magnet to separate the iron filings from the sand
D. Use the filter and water to separate the sand from iron filings.

Additional Activities
Activity 5: Know Me Activity
Directions: Determine whether the given mixtures can be separated through
Physical Manipulation or Chemical Process. Write your answer in your Science
Activity Notebook.

Mixtures Physical Manipulation/Chemical Process

1. Separate beads from the marshmallow
2. Separate mango from peanuts
3. Separate alcohol from the water
4. Separate salt from water
5. Separate sand and gravel

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 Lesson
Differentiating Physical
2 Manipulation from Chemical
Process
Suppose you do not like raisins. How are you going to get rid of them in a sumptuous
dessert that your mother prepared? Sometimes you need to separate the components of a
mixture.

What I Need to Know

At the end of the lesson, you are expected to:
1. differentiate each technique of separating the components of mixtures;
2. compare physical manipulation and chemical process in separating components
of mixtures; and
3. value the importance of using physical manipulation and chemical process in
separating mixture.

What I Know
Multiple Choice: Read the questions carefully and choose the correct answer by
underlining the correct letter of your answers.

1. Which mixtures cannot be separated through picking?

A. grains and mongo seeds B. nails and pins
C. sliced fruits D. oil and vinegar
2. When cooking rice, what technique is applied when water starts to boil?
A. Condensation B. Evaporation C. Magnetic D. Distillation
3. Salt water can be turned to fresh water through distillation. Distillation is an
example of what technique?
A. Separation C. Chemical Process
B. Physical Manipulation D. Evaporation
4. Which mixture that can be separated through chemical process?
A. rice and pebbles B. water and stones
C. pins and clips D. water and bacteria
5. The best way to separate oil from vinegar is through decantation. Decantation is
an example of what technique?
A. Sedimentation B. Chemical Process
C. Physical Manipulation D. Evaporation

What’s In
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 In the previous lesson, you have learned to classify mixtures. You have inferred that
handpicking, sieving, magnetic, filtration, and decantation are examples of physical
manipulation while evaporation, and distillation are examples of chemical process.

What’s New

Activity 1: Separate Ways

Read the situations and provide brief answers in differentiating the methods being used.
Write your answer on the space provided.
1. During an experiment, your teacher accidentally dropped some steel pins into a bowl
of sugar.
a. You propose two methods that could be used to remove the steel pins from the
sugar and differentiate the two methods.
b. Write whether these methods are example of Physical Manipulation or chemical
process.
Answer:
1.1_______________________________________________________________
1.2_______________________________________________________________

2. Your mother asked you to wash your school uniform and placed under the heat of the
sun. After few hours your uniform becomes dry.
a. What possible method is used to separate water from the clothes?
b. Write whether this method is an example of Physical Manipulation or chemical
process.

Answer:
2.1_________________________________________________________________

2.2_________________________________________________________________

What is It
The world is made up of matter. We love to explore matter by combining and
separating objects. When objects are combined to make a mixture, it can be separated
whether by physical manipulation or by chemical process.

Physical manipulation applies to heterogeneous solid mixtures. It involves manually

separating each of the component elements of the mixture. These include:
a. Hand picking - the most commonly used method of separation. This is
useful when the particles are large enough to be seen clearly.
b. Sieving - used when the components of mixtures are of different
sizes using a wired mesh sieve.
c. Magnetism - used to separate components of mixture that are
magnetic in nature.
d. Filtration - it is a process that make use of a filtering paper, sieve, or a strainer.
e. Decantation - the process of obtaining clear liquid by pouring a solution from a
container in order to leave the sediments in the bottom of the original

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Chemical Process usually applies heat and changes the property of the component of
mixtures. These include:
a. Evaporation - a process in which a liquid changes into gaseous form through
heating, allowing the liquid to evaporate, leaving the soluble solid
behind.
b. Distillation - a process of separating components where more volatile substances
in a mixture are separated from less volatile substances

What’s More
Activity 2: You Complete Me
Complete the table below to summarize what you know about separation techniques.
Put √, if it is a physical manipulation and x if it is chemical process. Item number 1 is already
done for you.
Physical
METHOD Manipulation/Chemical AN EXAMPLE OF ITS USE
Process
Hand picking √ Separating rice grains from pebbles
Sieving
Use of Magnet
Filtration
Decantation
Evaporation
Distillation

What I Have Learned

Activity 3: Let’s Map Up
Directions: Complete the graphic organizer. Fill in the box with the ways/
techniques how components of mixture are separated.
Techniques in
Separating Mixtures
Physical Manipulation Chemical Process

What I Can Do
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Activity 4: Compare and Contrast
Directions: Compare and Contrast Physical Manipulation and Chemical Process
by completing the Venn Diagram. Write your answer in your Science Activity Notebook

Physical Chemical
Manipulation Process

Notes to the Teacher

Scoring Rubrics for Activity 1: Separate Ways
Points Description
Learner’s understanding of concept is clearly evident and uses logical
4
thinking in making conclusions.
Learner’s understanding of the concept is evident and shows thinking skills
3
in making conclusions.
Learner has limited understanding of concept and attempts to show thinking
2
skills in making conclusions
1 Learner does not understand the concept and gives no conclusions.

Scoring Rubrics for Activity 2: You Complete Me

Points Description
Can express ideas in a clear and concise manner and consistently provide
4
examples related to the topic.
Can express ideas clearly and frequently provide examples related to the
3
topic.
2 Cannot express ideas related to the topic and provide limited examples.
1 Cannot express ideas related to the topic and provide no examples.

Scoring Rubrics for Activity 4: Compare and Contrast

Points Description
Clearly gives factual information with a clear supporting details and examples
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3 Give factual information with supporting details
2 Did not give factual information and with a limited supporting details.
1 Did give factual information and with no supporting details.

Scoring Rubrics for Activity 5: Looking for Solutions

Points Description

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 Learner’s understanding of concept is clearly evident and uses logical thinking
4 in making conclusions.
Learner’s understanding of the concept is evident and shows thinking skills in
3 making conclusions.
Learner has limited understanding of concept and attempts to show thinking
2 skills in making conclusions
1 Learner does not understand the concept and gives no conclusions.

Assessment

Multiple Choice: Directions. Read the questions carefully and encircle the correct answer.
1. Which of the following is NOT an example of a separation technique?
A. Boiling an egg C. Fishing net
B. Surgical mask D. Tea strainer
2. Anna wants to get iron fillings out of the sand, she uses magnet to separate these two
solids. This technique is an example of?
A. Chemical Process C. Physical Manipulation
B. Evaporation D. Separation
3. James put dirty water into a funnel with a paper lining. Clean water comes out of the
funnel into the beaker and solid dirt gets left behind on the paper. This technique is an
example of________.
A. Chemical Process C. Physical Manipulation
B. Evaporation D. Separation
4. Which of the following mixtures could not be separated into its components by decanting?
A. Beans in hot water C. Sand in water
B. Rice in water D. Sulfur in iron filings
5. If something has been dissolved in water, how could it be separated from the water again
by chemical process through?
A. Decantation C. Evaporation
B. Dissolving D. Filtration

Additional Activities
Activity 5: Looking for Solutions
Constructions such as road widening and road clearing in our municipality caused a
breakage and damage of some water line pipes which are sources of drinking water. There is
a risk that water might be contaminated with water pollutants that can cause serious health
issues. You must take action and look for a solution to keep your family safe.
Answer the following questions:
1. What are the possible methods that you would use to solve the problem? Give at least
two.
a. _____________________________________________________

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2. Are the methods you use physical manipulation and chemical process? Why?

3. Which of these methods is best in solving the water pollution problem?

__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

4. Would you tell your neighbors about the solutions you have? How?

__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

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W hat’s In: What’s More Infer me Activity
W hat I K now Mixtures Techniq Physical Chemic
ue used Manipul al
1. D ecantatio n ation Process
1. A 2. H andpicki ng 1.Salt Evapora
2. B 3. Filtrat io n Solution tion X
3. D 4. E vaporatio n 2.Fruits Hand X
4. B 5. U se of m agnet from fruit Picking
5. A salad
3.Bananas Hand X
from picking
binignit
4.Coconut Filtratio X
milk from n
grated
coconut
W hat I Lear ned.
5.Sand Sieving X
from sand
1. E vaporatio n & gravel
2. S ievi ng
3. U se of m agnet
4. Possible Answer: Assessm ent:
Decantation ,Filtration
,Hand picking ,Use of 1. D
Magnet, Separation and W hat C an I D o? 2. B
Sieving. 3. C
5. Possible Answer: 1. Answer: Yes 4. A
Distillation and Evaporation Answer: Filtration because 5. C
it is easier to separate
liquid from fruits and pasta.
2. Possible Answer :Hand
picking is important because we
can easily separate some
substances
Additional Activities ( Know Me )
Determine whether the given mixtures can be separated
through
Physical Manipulation or Chemical Process
Mixtures Physical Manipulation/Chemical
Process
1 Separate beads Physical Manipulation
from the mars mallow
2. Separate mango Physical Manipulation
from peanuts
3.Separate alcohol Chemical process
from the water
4. Separate salt from Chemical process
water
5.Separate sand and Physical Manipulation
gravel
Ways to Separate Components of Mixtures 1
Lesson
Answer Key
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What I What’s New What’s More
know Physical
1. Possible answer: the two methods Method Manipulation/Chemical An example of its use
1. D that could be used are: Use of magnet Process
and Hand picking. 1.2Physical Handpicking Separating rice from pebbles
2. B Manipulation √
3. C sieving Breaking up clumps in a flour
4. D 2. Possible answer: the two methods √
5. C that could be used are: 2.1 Use of Separating iron filings from sand
Evaporation 2.2 Chemical Process Magnet √
filtration Separating sand from gravel
√
decantation Use in washing rice and leaving
√ behind its granules
evaporation Separating salt from salt water
x
distillation Separate water from microbes
x and other impurities
What I have Learned
Techniques in
Separating What Can I Do
Chemical
Physical Process
Manipulation Chemical
Techniqu
applies to Process usually
heterogeneous solid es used to applies heat and
mixtures. It involves separate changes the property
manually separating of the component of
each of the mixtures mixtures. These
component elements include: Evaporation
of the mixture. and Distillation
Examples are:
handpicking, sieving,
Assessment Additional Activities
1. A
2. C Possible answers:
3. B 1. The possible method that could be used are filtration and Evaporation
4. D 2. Yes. Filtration is an example of Physical manipulation, while evaporation, is an example of Chemical
5. C process
3. For me, the best method to solve the problem is through evaporation because water will undergo to its
boiling point and we can assure that the water we are drinking is clean enough and safe.
4. Yes, I will tell my neighbours about it for them to be safe because they too are at risk if they drink
polluted water.
Chemical Process 2
Differentiating Physical Manipulation From Lesson
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Mercado, MJ., Dela Paz, S., Embile, T., Examen, T., 2016. Separating the
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