Week 2, Day 1

BURNING QUESTION:  How can mixtures be separated by their properties?

1.  Read through the slideshows titled Mixtures Part 1 and Mixtures Part 2.  You must look at these before you go on to the rest of the activity!  Even if you looked at them last week, look through them again.



2.  Read the engaging scenario below

Engaging Scenario:

Jessie's summer vacation has started out to be very boring.  She hopes to get a job or travel over the summer.  She is thrilled when her grandfather asks for her help.  The nut and bolt order that just came to his house has nuts and bolts mixed together.  He needs the nuts and bolts separated.  When she arrives, he gives her a bag of nuts and bolts to separate.  She spends her afternoon separating the nuts and bolts.  What properties might Jessie have used to separate th bolts?


3.  As a group, use the bag of nuts and bolts on your table to separate the mixture, just as Jessie is doing. 

4.  On your own, write down the different categories that you have sorted the nuts and bolts into in your science binder. 

5. In your science binder, write down some physical properties that you notice about each nut and bolt.