Chemistry – States of Matter

Filtration
 2.4
Filtering
 Filtration
filtration!

Filtration, or filtering, is a separation technique.

Filtration
 LB P.51

Use a fabric or filter paper

Suggest ways of cleaning

the water.

What could you use that

has smaller holes than a
sieve?
 Role play

Filter Mixture
Why could the liquid go through
the holes in the filter paper but
the solid could not?
 LB P.52

Pour the mixture to the filter, water will go

through filter while sand will stay.

We are going to find

out how to separate
a mixture of a solid
and a liquid.

How can we separate

different mixtures using
different ways?
 Keywords
The material being used is called the filter.

The substance that can move through the filter

is called the liquid (liquid name).

The substance that is left behind in the filter is

called the insoluble or solid material.

The process is called filtration.

Challenge:
Can you draw and label the
apparatus with these keywords?
 Answers
Title of Diagram: Filtration

mixture

filter paper

filter funnel

solid – insoluble materlal

filtered liquid
WB p. 27

• We are going to:

• Find out how to
separate a mixture
of a solid and a
liquid.

• Use our results to

say whether our
predictions were
correct or not.
 Bottled water factory

Can anyone see a problem with all these bottles of water?

 LB P.53

We are going to

Draw clear diagrams.

record observations in tables
and diagrams.

Use our results to say whether

our predictions were correct
or not.

Do practical work safely

LB P.54

The diagrams should

only show details that
are important for the
investigation.
Separation scheme
Solid – solid Solid – liquid
Does it have a grey Does it have a grey
matter? matter?

See solid Don’t see

Magnet Sieve Magnet Solid
(insoluble) (soluble)

Filtration Evaporation
 Wb p. 28 & 29

No
The water was still dirty.
No
The water was cleaner when it came out.
Yes
HW WB P.29

Find out how tea or

coffee is separated
from the liquid
before drinking at
home and draw a
labelled diagram of
this equipment used
in your home to
separate the
mixture.