Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF THE CITY OF BATAC

ACTIVITY SHEET IN SCIENCE 6

QUARTER 1, WEEKS 4-6

TECHNIQUES ON SEPARATING
MIXTURES

MELC:

 Describe techniques in separating mixtures such as decantation,

evaporation, filtering, sieving and using magnets

Prepared by:

DIVINE JESSICA P. CAMIRING

Teacher I
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 The components of a mixture can be separated in several ways. Following are
some of the techniques.

Decantation

Decantation is a method of separating liquids with

different densities, such as water and oil. Oil has less density
than water, so it stays on top of water when they are put
together. The oil may be separated from the water by means of
carefully pouring the oil into another container.

This method may also be used to separate a mixture of a liquid and a solid. The
solid substance, called precipitate, usually sinks to the bottom if the solution is left to
stand. The liquid, called the supernatant, stays on top and can be poured into another
container.

Decantation is done when you wash rice before cooking it. After washing the
rice, water is poured off, leaving the rice grains behind. The same process is done
when you clean sand in an aquarium.

Source: Jonabel R. Quintana and Lourdes B. Sing, Elementary Science Explorer

Second (Philippines: JFC Publishing House, Inc., 2019),41

Filtration

Filtration is used to separate a solid from a liquid.

This method uses a filter, such as a filter paper. The liquid
particles are small enough to go through the pores in the
filter paper. The solid particles, however, are too large to
pass through the pores and are trapped by the paper. The
trapped solid particles in the filter paper are called residue.
The liquid that passes through the filter is called the filtrate.

In cooking ginataan, coconut milk is extracted from shredded coconut pulp. To

get pure coconut milk (gata), a piece of fine cloth is used to filter the mixture.

Filtration takes advantage of the physical property of the state of matter. A

screen lets the liquid particles through, but traps the solid particles. Example of this is
filtering coffee.

Source: Jonabel R. Quintana and Lourdes B. Sing, Elementary Science Explorer

Second (Philippines: JFC Publishing House, Inc., 2019),40

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Sieving

Sieves can separate larger solids from smaller solids or liquids. Sieve
is the act or process of sieving; the particles that are too big to pass
through the holes of the sieve are retained.

Source: Jonabel R. Quintana and Lourdes B. Sing, Elementary Science Explorer

Second (Philippines: JFC Publishing House, Inc., 2019),40

Magnetic Separation

Magnetic separation is ideal for separating mixtures of two solids with one part
having magnetic properties. Metals have magnetic properties like iron, nickel and
platinum. These metals are attracted to a magnet.

Let us take a mixture of sand and iron filing for example.

Mixture of sand and iron filing is just an example where magnet can be used as
a technique to separate.
Source: Jonabel R. Quintana and Lourdes B. Sing, Elementary Science Explorer
Second (Philippines: JFC Publishing House, Inc., 2019),42

Evaporation
Evaporation is a technique used to separate out homogeneous mixtures where
there are one or more dissolved solids. This method drives off the liquid components
from the solid components. The process typically involves heating the mixture until no
more liquid remains, Prior to using this method, the mixture should only contain one
liquid component, unless it is not important to isolate the liquid components. This is
because all liquid components will evaporate over time. This method is suitable to
separate a soluble solid from a liquid.

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 In many parts of the world, table salt is obtained from the evaporation of sea
water. The heat for the process comes from the sun.

In this picture, once the sea water in these

evaporation ponds has evaporated, the salt can be
harvested.

Source: “Methods for Separating Mixtures”, Lumen Learning,

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/cheminter/chapter/methods-for-separating-
mixtures/#:~:text=chromatography%3A%20Involves%20solvent%20separation%20on,Separ
ates%20solids%20of%20different%20sizes

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Name: Date:__________
Grade/Section: Score:_________

Activity 1 A: Answer each question carefully. Choose the letter of

the correct answer and write on the space provided.

___ 1. Which of the following materials can be used to separate iron filings from sand?
A. magnet B. sieve C. spoon and fork D. tongs

___ 2. In which process is the supernatant liquid obtained?

A. decantation B. filtration
C. sieving D. magnetic separation

___ 3. Sheena does not like to eat the sago in her halo-halo. Which of the following
can she use to remove the pieces of sago?
A. magnet B. sieve C. spoon D. strainer

___ 4. Yna will cook the rice for dinner. To do this, she needs to wash the rice with
water. What method will she use to separate the water from rice after she
washes it?
A. decantation B. distillation
C. filtration D. magnetic separation

___ 5. Which of the following methods will you use to separate water and rice grains?
A. decantation B. evaporation
C. filtration D. magnetic separation

Activity 1 B: Match the techniques of separating mixtures in Column B with

their descriptions in Column A by writing the letter on the space provided.

A B

_____6. It is ideal for separating mixtures of two solids a. sieving

with one part having magnetic properties

_____7. It is used to separate liquids with different b. decantation

densities.

_____8. It uses a filter to separate liquid from solid. c. magnetic separation

_____9. It drives off the liquid components from the solid d. evaporation
components.

_____10. It can separate larger solids from smaller e. filtration

solids or liquids

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 Activity 2: Identify whether filtration, sieving, decantation, distillation,
evaporation, or magnetic separation the technique suited to separate
the components of mixtures in the following sets:

_________________ 1. rice grains and water

_________________ 2. sand and gravel

_________________ 3. petroleum components

_________________ 4. melting an ice cube

_________________ 5. drying clothes under the Sun

_________________ 6. making tea

_________________ 7. separate nails to wood chips

_________________ 8. soil and water

_________________ 9. sand and iron filings

__________________ 10. beads from baby powder

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 Activity 3: Draw activities observed on your community `where
techniques in separating mixtures (decantation, evaporation,
filtration, sieving, and using magnet) are observed. Use the rubric
as your guide in doing this activity.

Techniques in Examples of activities done at home or in the

Separating Mixtures community

a. decantation

b. evaporation

c. using magnets

d. filtering

e. sieving

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Criteria Highly Satisfactory Acceptable Needing Help

(5 pts) (4 pts) (3 pt)

Neatness Drawing or illustration is very
neat,
well- organized, and
extremely visually appealing.
Drawing or Drawing or illustration
illustration is neat, is not very neat and
well organized, not well- organized.
and extremely
visually appealing.

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 Activity 4: With the available resources at home and with the
assistance of your family members, take a photo using different
techniques on separating mixtures in your daily activities. Write the
technique used and write a brief description on it. Use the rubric as your
guide in doing this activity.

Example: Decantation- Rinsing rice with water

This can be done by rinsing the rice with
water and then thoroughly cleaning it so that
the lighter dust particles and husk can float
on the water while rice settles down. Then,
can be separated by decantation.

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 RUBRICS
Highly Satisfactory Acceptable Needing Help

Criteria (5 pts) (4 pts) (3 pt)

Clarity of Can develop ideas Can develop ideas Can barely develop
thought effectively and and support these ideas and supporting
efficiently and with details details
support these with
valid details
Neatness Photo is very neat, Photo is neat, well Photo is not very neat
well- organized, and organized, and nor well- organized.
extremely visually extremely visually
appealing. appealing.

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References

Book:

Jonabel R. Quintana and Lourdes B. Sing, Elementary Science Explorer Second

(Philippi es: JFC Publishing House, Inc., 2019), 40-43

Website:

Methods for Separating Mixtures. Retrieved form

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/cheminter/chapter/methods-for-separating-
mixtures/#:~:text=chromatography%3A%20Involves%20solvent%20separatio
n%20on,Separates%20solids%20of%20different%20sizes on August 20, 2021

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Answer Key

Activity 1 A. 1. A B. 6. C
2. A 7. B
3. C 8. E
4. A 9. D
5. A 10. A

Activity 2 1. DECANTATION
2. SIEVING
3.DECANTATION
4. EVAPORATION
5. EVAPORATION
6. FILTRATION
7. MAGNETIC SEPARATION
8. DECANTATION
9. MAGNETIC SEPARATION
10. SIEVING

Activity 3 Answers may vary

Activity 4 Answers may vary

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