Mixtures Full Unit - BC Grade 6 Science
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This 45-page unit includes 7 lessons taking place over 3 weeks to teach your students about mixtures. This was designed to fit the BC Grade 6 Science curriculum. Each lesson includes teaching notes, links to any supplemental materials (notes slideshows, videos, etc.), and student materials (notes, activities, labs, project outline, test, etc.). This includes two full labs, 1 set of scaffolded notes, 2 informational articles, classroom activities, a mini research project, a unit test, and possible report card comments you could use to communicate student learning.
This is designed to take 14 days, so if you teach science every day of the week, it will last about 3 weeks.
Lesson 1 - Introduction to Mixtures
- activity - students will watch a video (YouTube required) and begin a mind map
Lesson 2 - Vocabulary
- activity - students will complete a word sort to match terms with their definitions. 11 terms are included. (with answer key)
Lesson 3 - Homogenous and Heterogeneous Mixtures
- activity - students will watch a video (YouTube required), take notes, and add to their mind map
- activity - students will identify examples of homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures in the classroom
Lesson 4 - Types of Mixtures
- includes scaffolded notes
- includes 3-page informational article with reading comprehension questions (with answer key)
- full lab experiment is included - classifying common household objects
Lesson 5 - Separating Mixtures
- activity - students will watch a video (YouTube required), take notes, and add to their mind map
- includes 3-page informational article with reading comprehension and higher-level thinking questions (with answer key)
- full lab experiment is included - black ink chromatography - it is set up in two parts: in part one, students follow a lab procedure. For part two, they work with a partner to design a new lab changing up the variables.
Lesson 6 - First Peoples' Separation and Extraction methods
- includes a mini research project - students will choose one of three prompts to research and write a well-organized paragraph
Lesson 7 - Unit Test
- 3-page test is included (with answer key)
Download the preview to see each of the activities.
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