Lab: Mixture Separation

By E. Guevara

Start with a mixture of sand, salt, lead filings, and sunflower seeds.

Make a plan to separate the mixture

1. Start by documenting the physical properties on your lab sheet.

Come up with a plan and then look at PowerPoint to see how to separate the mixture.

Can you see the sunflower seeds, salt, sand and iron filings.

Pick out ________.

What is left in the mixture?

Remove _____ using ____.

_______ is attracted to a magnet.

What is removed?

What is left?

Next step needs a filter paper

Fold in half

Fold again in half

Moisten with water to make seal with funnel

Add _____ to make a solution

Set up the funnel with ____ paper.

Add mixture what does the filter paper keep?

What is left? Add heat to remove ______.

What is the last compound that is separated?