Lesson 2:

Methods of
separating
mixtures
 H an dpi ck i n g

Us e o f Lesson 2:
m a gn et Si e vi n g
Separating
Mixtures

D e ca n t a t i on F iltr ation

E va p or a t i on
DAY 1
• Review

Why are mixtures

important?
 • Drill

Reading of Important Science Terms in

flashcards or projected on the screen:
 
Mixtures colloids solution

suspension Emulsions foams

sol gel aerosols

 • Motivation

How do we separate the components of this

mixture?

This morning we are going to study about

separating mixtures through “Hand-picking”
 • Activity

Activity 1 – Name each material/component shown in

the mixture and tell whether the material can be
separated through picking or not.
(Attachment A)
Activity 2 – Given set of pictures, the group will identify
the name of the materials/components of the mixtures
and separate them from each other (Attachment B)

Activity 3 – Giving sets of mixtures out of the given

sample materials (Attachment C)
 • Activity

Activity 1 – Name each material/component shown in

the mixture and tell whether the material can be
separated through picking or not.
Instruction/s:
Name each material/component shown in the mixture and tell
whether the material can be separated through picking or not.

_________________ _________________
 • Activity

Activity 2 – Given set of pictures, the group will identify

the name of the materials/components of the mixtures
and separate them from each other.
Instruction/s: The teacher gathers the materials a day before.

I. Title: Identify the names of materials in a mixture.

II. Materials: pebbles, chalk, mongo, seed, candies, marbles, stones,
beans, marshmallow.
III. Procedures:
1. List down the names of the materials for each mixture inside the
bottle.
2. Separate the components or contents from each mixture.
IV. Question: 1. How did you separate the mixtures?
 • Activity

Activity 3 – Giving sets of mixtures out of the given

sample materials.
I. Title: Identify the names of materials in a mixture.
II. Materials: pebbles soybeans mongo seeds rice stones
marbles corn marshmallow
III. Procedures:
1. By using the materials provided give four sets of
mixtures out of the said materials.
2. Fill in the table below.
 • Analysis

1. For Activity A, what are the materials found in the

mixtures? Will it be easy for us to separate them?
Can we separate them through picking?

2. For Activity B, what are the materials/components of the

mixture? How did you separate them?

3. For Activity C, what are the mixtures you came up with

using the given materials? Can we separate them using
picking or manual separation?
 • Abstraction

In everyday life, we use several mixtures and one need to

separate useful components from the mixture. Thus, the
separation of substances is performed by various
methods like hand-picking.

Mixtures are combinations of two or more substances not

chemically bonded where each substance retains its
chemical entity and properties. One of the techniques of
separating mixtures is through picking. For instances, a
mixture of grains and corn can be separated through
picking by using our bare hands. When the components of
a mixture are slightly larger in size, it is easier for us to
pick and separate them.
 Handpicking
 Is a technique used
in separating the
solid components of
a heterogeneous
mixture.
 The components of
the mixture should
be big enough to be
seen and picked up
by hands or forceps.
 • Application

A. Put a √ beside the mixtures that can be separated

through picking.
1. water and alcohol ________
2. sliced mixed fruits ________ (Ans. √)
3. mixed nuts _______ (Ans. √)
4. nails and iron strips _______ (Ans. √)
5. stones and pebbles _______ (Ans. √)

B. Give a particular situation in their houses especially in

the kitchen where separation of mixtures through
handpicking is being done.
 • Generalization

1. What method of separating mixtures is being used when

materials in a mixture are slightly larger in size?

2. When do we use picking as a method of separating

mixtures?

3. What are the examples of mixtures that can be

separated through picking?

4. Why is separating of mixture through picking

important?
• Evaluation
A. Instruction/s: Write the letter of the correct answer.
1. When can we separate the components of a mixture through picking?
A. When the materials are liquid C. when the materials are solid and are big
enough
B. When the materials are soft D. when the materials are light and colorful

2-4. Which of the following mixtures can be separated though picking?

A. Corn and mongo seeds B. Lemon juice and oil C. water and sugar D. B&C

A. water and salt B. salt and sugar C. pebbles and gravel D. A&B

A. marshmallows and rice grains B. nails and pins C. sliced fruits D. A, B and C

5. Which of the following sentences tell the advantages of separating mixtures

through hand picking?
A. Individual materials being separated can be used for a specific purpose.
B. The easiest way of separating mixtures.
C. No need to use any machinery, your hands are already enough.
D. All of the above.
For numbers 6-10, encircle the mixtures that can be separated through
picking.

• Rice with stone and dirt impurities.

• Oil and water
• Rotten fruits and fresh fruits.
• Macaroni pasta and fruits
• Rotten vegetables and fresh vegetables.
• Lotion and hair gel
• Chocolates and marshmallows
• Homework

Watch the video

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Separating Mixture through Hand Picking.
Day 2

Separating Mixtures Through

Sieving/Sifting
 • Review

Describe how the following mixtures can be

separated, through picking or not. Put a √ if it
can be separated through picking.
_____1. nails and stones
_____2. lemon juice
_____3. chocolates and marshmallows
_____4. pepper seeds and mongo seeds
_____5. corn and palay grains
 • Review

Reading of Important Science Terms in

flashcards or projected on TV screen:
 
Picking rice hull sift
Dry mixtures rice grains sieve
 • Unlocking of Difficulties

Unlock the words used in the drill.

Picking- to gather or harvest something

using hands.
Sift-to separate or remove using a sifter
Sieving-to pass through a sorting device
like a screen to sort, separate the coarse
from the fine particle, or to break up lumps,
as o flour.
 • Unlocking of Difficulties

Unlock the words used in the drill.

Picking- to gather or harvest something

using hands.
Sift-to separate or remove using a sifter
Sieving-to pass through a sorting device
like a screen to sort, separate the coarse
from the fine particle, or to break up lumps,
as o flour.
 • B. Motivation

Where do we usually see this kind of activity?

What the person is doing in the picture?

Today we are going to study about separating

mixtures through “Sifting/Sieving”
 • B. Activity

Activity 1 (Attachment A)
I. Title: Identify dry mixtures that can be separated through sifting and
sieving.
II. Materials: real objects of dry mixtures such as flour and sugar, rice grains
and hull, salt and pepper, strainer, bowl
III. Procedures:
1. Sift the mixtures.
2. Identify the mixtures separated.
IV. Questions:
1. Based on your activity how can dry mixtures
be separated? (Ans. Through sieving)
2. Describe how to separate dry mixtures.
3. What device can be used in sifting or sieving
dry mixtures? (Ans. sieve, sifter, strainer)

After the activity write the results of your activity in the manila paper to be
reported by the reporter.

The teacher will let the pupils report their work in front of the class.
• B. Analysis

1. What are the different mixtures?

2. Where can these dry mixtures be
found?
3. How can these mixtures be
separated?
4. What device is used to separate
these mixtures?
• B. Abstraction

1. What are the different mixtures?

2. Where can these dry mixtures be
found?
3. How can these mixtures be
separated?
4. What device is used to separate
these mixtures?
 Sifting
 is defined as to pass
through a sorting device like
a screen to sort, separate
the coarse from the fine
particle, or to break up
lumps, as o flour.
 is used to separate smaller
solid particles from larger
solid particles.
 Sieving
 Involves using a strainer or
a big screen to separate the
components of solid
mixtures. The strainer
allows only the fine
particles through it and
prevents the larger ones.
 Mixtures with big and fine
components can be
separated by sieving.
• B. Application

Put a √ beside the mixtures that can

be separated through picking.
1. Sliced fruits ________
2. flour and sugar ________
3. beans and corn _______
4. sand and gravel _______
5. salt and pepper _______
• B. Application

Put a √ beside the mixtures that can be

separated through picking.
1. Sliced fruits ________
2. flour and sugar ________
3. beans and corn _______
4. sand and gravel _______
5. salt and pepper _______

Give a particular situation in their houses

especially in the kitchen where separation of
mixtures through sieving/sifting is being done.
________________________________________
• B. Generalization

1. What method of separating mixtures is

being used when separating dry mixtures?
2. What are the materials we used in
separating mixtures through sieving and
sifting?
3. What are the examples of mixtures that can
be separated through sieving and sifting?
4. Why is separating of mixture through
sieving and sifting important?
• B. Evaluation

Describe how mixtures mentioned below are

separated. Write your answer on the space
provided after each number.

1. sugar and salt__________________

2. flour and rice___________________
3. sand and gravel_________________
4. marbles and stones______________
5. powdered milk and sugar_____________
• B. Evaluation

For numbers 6-10, identify what is being described in

each number. Write your answer in the space provided
before each number. Choose from the words inside the
box.
Dry mixtures sieve sifting
cooks construction companies
6. _______________mixture of these kinds is usually separated though
sifting and sieving.
7. _______________is used to separate smaller solid particles from larger
solid particles.
8. _______________a device containing tiny holes.
9. _______________ sift flour to get a smaller particle size for backing
leaving larger particles of flour in the sifter above the screen.
10. ______________ separate rocks into different sized particles for road
building.
• B. Homework

Watch the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC3J
7Mdt8W4
on Separating Mixture through
Sifting/Sieving.
Day 3

Separating Mixtures Through

Winnowing
 • Review

What was our lesson yesterday?

What do you mean by sifting or
sieving?
 • Drill

Reading of Important Science

Terms in flashcards or projected on
TV screen:

Winnow rice chaff

rice hull mongo pods

 • Motivation

Here is a picture (picture of a person

winnowing). Look at the picture. What is it
all about?

Have you seen people doing this at home or

in your locality?
 • Activity

Activity 1 – Observe how the person separates the materials using the process
of winnowing. Refer to the activity/task card for the instructions on what to do.
(Attachment A)
Activity 2 – Describe how mixtures are separated through winnowing
(Attachment B)
Activity 3 – Draw the winnower and describe how it is being used (Attachment
C)

Giving of Instructions:
1. Each group will choose a leader and a reporter.
2. Each group will be given an activity card.
3. The activity card serves as your guide on the activity
that you are going to perform.
4. All the members in the group must work as a team.
5. After the activity write the results of your activity in the manila paper to be
reported by the reporter.

The teacher will let the pupils report their work in front of the class.
 • Analysis

1. For Activity 1, What did you do? What happened to the

palay and hull after winnowing?

2. For Activity 2, what are the materials/components of the

mixture?

3. For Activity 3, how did you separate the components of

the mixtures?
• Abstraction
 • Abstraction

Winnowing is another way to separate mixtures. It is

the process of freeing (grain) from the lighter particles of
chaff, dirt, etc., especially by throwing it into the air and
allowing the wind or a forced current of air to blow away
impurities. Winnower is a tool used in this process of
separating mixtures called winnowing.
It is a farming method developed by ancient people for
separating grain from chaff. It is also used to remove
weevils or other pests from stored grain. Threshing,
which is the loosening of grain or seeds from the husks
and straw, comes before winnowing.
 Generalization

In your own words, describe briefly how winnowing is

done in separating mixtures.
______________________________________
______________________________________

Give a particular activity where the process of

winnowing on separating components of mixture can be
used.
______________________________________
______________________________________
 • Evaluation

Test A. Read each statement carefully. Write T if the statement is

true and F if it is false.

________1. Winnowing is separating heavier components of mixture

from the lighter substances with the help of the wind.
________2. In the process of winnowing, we use our hands to pick
each component of the mixture.
________3. This method is used for separating grains from husk after
the process of threshing.
________4. It is a farming method developed by ancient people.
________5. Winnowing can also describe the natural removal of fine
material from a coarser sediment by wind or flowing water.

Test B. Fill in the blanks to complete the concept.

 
Winnowing is another _____________ used in _____________
______________ by using a tool called _______________.
 • Homework

Watch the video

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KTZ-g
on Separating Mixture through
Winnowing.
Day 4

Separating Mixtures Through

Filtration
 • Review

Identify what method/technique/process

of separating mixtures is best to use.
 • Drill

Reading of Important Science Terms in

flashcards or projected on TV screen:

filter filtration filtrate residue

solid liquid
 Unlocking of Difficulties

The teacher gives the meaning of difficult words.

1. filter – an apparatus containing a filter medium

2. filter medium – example filter paper or cloth
3. residue – a usual small amount of something that
remain after a process has been completed or a thing
has been removed
4. filtrate – something that remain after a process
has been completed or a thing has been removed.
 • Motivation

What the picture is all about?

This morning we are going to study about

separating mixtures through “Filtration”
 • Activity

Activity 1 – Separating mixtures through filtering. Refer to the

activity/task card for the instructions on what to do.
(Attachment A)
Activity 2 – Separating mixtures through filtering (Attachment
B)

Giving of Instructions:
1. Each group will choose a leader and a reporter.
2. Each group will be given an activity card.
3. The activity card serves as your guide on the activity
that you are going to perform.
4. All the members in the group must work as a team.
5. After the activity write the results of your activity in the
manila paper to be reported by the reporter.
 • Analysis

For Activity 1,
1.What did you do?
2. What are the materials you used?
3. What happened to the muddy water after filtering?
4. Are there remains of solid on the filter paper?
What about the water where did it go?
5. How can we separate solid-liquid mixtures?

For Activity 2,
1. What are the materials/components of the mixture?
2.How did you separate them?
3.What happened to the native coffee and water mixture after filtering?
4. Are there remains of solid on the filter paper?
5. How can we separate solid-liquid mixtures?
• Abstraction
 • Abstraction

Filtration is the process of separating solid substances

from a liquid using a filter paper or any cloths that can be
used as a filtering medium. These solid residues are
trapped by the filter paper or cloth, which allow the liquid
substances to pass through in the process.
It is the process of separating an insoluble solid from the
liquid substance by allowing the liquid to pass through a
porous material. The porous material is usually a filter
paper. The method of separation applies only to
suspensions because solute and colloidal particles are too
small to be retained on the filter paper. In this process, the
filter paper allows the liquid to pass through it and retains
the solid particles. The solid is called the residue, while the
liquid is called the filtrate.
 Application

Underline the mixtures that can be separated through

filtration.
Sand and water oil and water soil and water
Soybeans and water salt solution pepper and water
Rice grain and sugar grated coconut and coconut milk

You noticed that your water has small particles of sand.

What method can you use to make it clean and safe to
drink?
______________________________________
______________________________________
 • Generalization

What do you mean by filtration? How

do you describe filtration as one of
the techniques in separating mixture?
 
 • Evaluation

Test A. Read each statement carefully. Write T if the statement is true

and F if it is false.
________1. A clean piece of cloth can also be used if filter paper is
not available.
________2. A mixture of liquid and tiny particles of solid which have
not been dissolved can be separated through filtration.
________3. Filtration is used in the process of making the muddy
water clean.
________4. It can also be used in separating rice grains from its
husks.
________5. Coconut milk can be separated from the remains of
grated coconut using a strainer.
 • Evaluation

Test B. To explain the process of filtration, complete the

statement below by supplying with the appropriate words
found inside the box below.

liquid solid retains pass

removed filter medium

Filtration, the process in which (1.)_________particles in

a liquid are (2.)________ using a (3.)_____________ that
permits the fluid to (4.)_________ through but
(5.)_________ the solid particles.
 • Homework

Let the learners label the parts of the filtration process.

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