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Science at key stage 3    (Year 7)

Unit 7H: Solutions
Section 7: Checking progress

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • how particle theory can be used to model changes that take place when solutions are formed or components of solutions are separated

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Use ICT simulation to show pupils how to model a change, eg some solid dissolving in water, by representing the particles themselves, making sure that those representing the solid are clearly distinguishable from those representing the water. Ask groups of pupils to work out how to model other changes, eg adding an insoluble solid to water, the formation of a suspension, separation by chromatography of two solutes, the evaporation of a solution. Help pupils to write a brief description of each change.
  • show by modelling how particles behave in some changes
  • describe what the models show, eg when marble is added to water it doesn't break up into smaller particles, so the particles can't mix together

Points to note

  • At this stage it is not necessary to distinguish between atoms and molecules.

Sections in this unit

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1. How can we tell whether a liquid is a mixture?
2. How much salt can we get from rock salt?
3. What happens to the solute when a solution is made?
4. How can we separate solvents from solutes?
5. a. How can chromatography separate and identify substances in mixtures?
6. b. How can chromatography separate and identify substances in mixtures?
7. Checking progress
8. Is there a limit to the amount of solid that will dissolve in a liquid?
9. What else affects solubility?
10. Reviewing work