Solute & Solvent Identification Activity #1 - Mixtures

Do your students need help comparing and contrasting solutes and solvents? Do they "mix" up their understanding of mixtures, from solutions to suspensions? Mine do annually! That is why I created this activity.

I assign this lesson to my eighth-grade physical science class. High school physical science and chemistry teachers could also use this resource as a remedial reinforcement for the breakdown of mixtures.

This two-page activity contains three sections. Part I is fill-in-the-blank with a word bank. It features the following terms – liquid, temperature, solution, dissolve, volume, solute, and gas. Part II is a matching section. It features the terms – solute, solvent, solution, mixture, suspension, colloid, concentration, saturated, unsaturated, and precipitate. The backside offers a solvent-solute table, where students use two-word banks to write in the solute and solvent for the listed mixtures – Kool-Aid, orange juice, coffee, brass, CuSO4 solution, E85 fuel, air freshener, and saltwater. Students also categorize the physical state of each solute and solvent as a solid, liquid, or gas.

This document is a PDF file. It will become editable upon conversion to Microsoft Word using an Adobe Acrobat Reader program. It comes with a complete key with the answers in bold colored font.

This lesson complements my other published activity – Solute and Solvent Identification Activity #2 - Mixtures.

I appreciate your interest. I have published science products since 2002. I have published games, lab kits, books, or activities through the following companies – Flinn, Scientific, Lab-Aids, Teacher's Discovery, Science Kit & Boreal Laboratories, and Publishers ExpressPress. I am confident this resource will serve you well.