1. Labs in a Snap
Simple. Meaningful. Ready to use! Labs in a Snap is designed to help teachers easily incorporate 3 hands-on activities for mixtures with young scientists.
“My students loved completing these hands-on activities! Very little set up involved. Great lesson!” -Katherine
See it on TpT: Mixtures Labs in as Snap
2. Beaches Unit (5th Grade)
Explore mixtures, solutions, and the conservation of matter in this 5E phenomenon-based unit focused on beaches.
“This provided a great introduction to our Mixtures and Solutions unit. The connections my students were able to make aided in their understanding as we worked through further through our unit. The activities were engaging and had excellent graphics.” -Jennifer H.
See it on TPT: Beaches Phenomena-Based Science Mini-Unit
3. Mixtures in Our Food Unit (4th Grade)
How much of our food is made of mixtures? Explore mixtures, solutions, and conservation of matter in mixtures during this 5E phenomenon-based unit.
“The lesson flowed smoothly, with clear explanations and interactive demonstrations that helped make complex concepts easier to understand.” -Karen S.
See it on TPT: Food Mixtures Unit
4. Notebook Templates
Here’s a peek at my notebook templates for mixtures. We have: mixtures, solutions, separating mixtures, and solvents & solutes.
“I love everything Science Penguin. Whenever I need a resource they are they first place I go! I like this because it is similar to to vocabulary squares but can be placed in their interactive notebooks.” -Kylie W.
See notebook templates on TpT: Science Notebook
5. Science Stations
Work through 9 engaging stations.
“A game changer for my classroom! I don’t have a lot of time built into my schedule for science, so giving my students a hands on experience with these stations makes up for it. I can easily spread these out over a few days. I’ve used these for gifted, gen ed, and ESE students.” -Alexandrea R.
See stations on TPT: Mixtures Stations
6. Solution or Not a Solution?
Sort 27 examples as a solution or not a solution.
“This was clear, organized, and aligned beautifully with what I’m teaching in upper elementary science. My kids stayed on task and actually enjoyed the practice!” -Kendra D.
See it on TPT: Solutions Sort
7. Pure Substances & Mixtures (6th Grade)
Slides, notes, a lab, and a sort help simplify this topic for students.
“The materials helped my students clearly distinguish between pure substances and mixtures, and the card sort provided a fun, interactive way to reinforce the concepts. Everything was student-friendly and required very little prep on my part. I highly recommend this resource and look forward to using it again next year!” -Michelle F.
See it on TPT: Pure Substances and Mixtures Activity Pack
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1 thought on “7 Ideas for Teaching Mixtures (Including Solutions)”
This is my first year homeschooling my daughter. She is in eighth grade and I really had no clue what I was doing when I started. She is now wanting more hands on instead of online classes with science and this is a great help! Thank you so much for these posts!!!
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