Solute & Solvent Identification Activity #2 - 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.

On the front side of this two-page activity, I listed the ingredients for antifreeze, bronze, acetic acid, Children’s Motrin, whole blood, an 18-karat white gold ring, Cheerios, and egg salad. It’s the students’ quest to identify and box in the solvent and to underline the remaining solutes. The backside offers a solvent-solute table, where students use two-word banks to write in the solute and solvent for the listed mixtures – dental filling, vinegar, contact saline solution, soda, Colgate toothpaste, concrete mix, and stainless steel. 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 #1 - 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.