Lesson Three – Separating Solids
This science teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore, describe and test different ways of sorting a selection of solid materials into matching groups using a range of techniques.
The class can suggest and model how they can separate a pair of mixed solid materials using a range of scientific equipment including sieves, funnels and magnets.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to explore, describe and test different ways of sorting a selection of solid materials into matching groups using a range of techniques
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe different solid materials by their matching properties and a table display card to support a scientific investigation into how to separate a range of solid materials into matching groups.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explain how they can identify a solid material from its matching properties and some of the techniques that they could use to separate a pair of mixed solid materials.
This lesson is part of a science scheme of work to get the children to explore, test and explain how a range of different materials can change their states between solids, liquids and gases by conducting a series of fair tests. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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