Description
This unit covers techniques for separating mixtures, including filtration, evaporation, distillation, and chromatography, as well as identifying pure substances. Conduct experiments safely, record observations, evaluate methods, and suggest improvements.
This unit builds on pupils’ prior learning from Properties, changes and separating materials, where they explored material properties and methods of separation. It focuses on techniques like filtration, evaporation, and distillation to separate mixtures based on their properties. This prepares pupils for the next unit, Understanding chemical reactions, where they will apply this knowledge to explore how substances interact and change during chemical reactions, deepening their understanding of material behaviour.
