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Science at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 6)

Unit 6C: More about dissolving

QCA
About this unit

This unit consolidates and extends children's understanding of what happens when a variety of solids dissolve.

Experimental and investigative work focuses on:

  • making and testing predictions
  • planning a fair test
  • repeating observations and measurements and evaluating these
  • representing data in line graphs and interpreting what these show.
Work in this unit also offers opportunities for relating understanding of dissolving to everyday contexts.

This unit takes approximately 12 hours.


Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
1. Making water clear
2. Making water pure
3. Testing evaporation of a solution
4. Testing dissolving solids
5. Using graphs
6. Investigating sweeteners
7. Review