Chemical Sciences Program 2015 Year 7 Mixtures and Water

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM CONTENT DESCRIPTIONS

Science Understanding
Mixtures, including solutions, contain a combination of pure substances that can be separated using a range of techniques (ACSSU113)

Science as a Human Endeavour

Use and influence of science

Science understanding influences the development of practices in areas of human activity such as industry, agriculture and marine and terrestrial resource
management (ACSHE120)
o investigating everyday applications of physical separation techniques such as filtering, sorting waste materials, reducing pollution, extracting products from
plants, separating blood products and cleaning up oil spills
People use understanding and skills from across the disciplines of science in their occupations (ACSHE224)
o investigating how separation techniques are used in the food and wine industries

Science Inquiry Skills

Questioning and predicting
Identify questions and problems that can be investigated scientifically and make predictions based on scientific knowledge (ACSIS124)
Planning and conducting
Collaboratively and individually plan and conduct a range of investigation types, including fieldwork and experiments, ensuring safety and ethical guidelines are
followed (ACSIS125)
In fair tests, measure and control variables, and select equipment to collect data with accuracy appropriate to the task (ACSIS126)
Processing and analysing data and information
Construct and use a range of representations, including graphs, keys and models to represent and analyse patterns or relationships, including using digital technologies
as appropriate (ACSIS129)
Summarise data, from students own investigations and secondary sources, and use scientific understanding to identify relationships and draw conclusions (ACSIS130)
Evaluating
Reflect on the method used to investigate a question or solve a problem, including evaluating the quality of the data collected, and identify improvements to the
method (ACSIS131)
Use scientific knowledge and findings from investigations to evaluate claims (ACSIS132)
Communicating
Communicate ideas, findings and solutions to problems using scientific language and representations using digital technologies as appropriate (ACSIS133)

Chemical Sciences Program 2015 Year 7 Mixtures and Water

Vocabulary These terms are important in conveying your understanding in Chemical Sciences

Concentrated
Dissolve
Saturated
Solvent
Filter
Chromatography

Content Description

Concentration
Emulsion
Soluble
Suspension
Filtration
Crystallisation

Week

Mixtures, including solutions,

contain a combination of pure
substances that can be
separated using a range of
techniques (ACSSU113)

identifying the solvent

and solute in solutions
investigating and using a
range of physical
separation techniques
such as filtration,
decantation,
evaporation,
crystallisation,
chromatography and
distillation
exploring and comparing
separation methods
used in the home

Colloid
Insoluble
Solute
Centrifuge
Gravity separation
Distillation

Teaching Plan

Solutions, Colloids and Suspensions

On completing this section of work you should be able to:

Term 2
Week 1

1. Define what is meant by a solution and identify the

solvent and solute in a variety of common solutions.
2. Introduce the terms solubility, concentration, dilute,
concentrated and saturated.
3. Test the solubility of a variety of substances in water.
4. Devise an experiment to test the solubility of salt in water
as a function of temperature.
5. Compare and contrast solutions with colloids and
suspensions.
AEP Extension. Experiment with colloids by shining a laser
pointer through water with different concentrations of milk
particles to show how the milk particles scatter the light.
Compare with different concentrations

Dilute
Mixture
Solution
Decantation
Adsorption
Evaporation

References
Pearson Science 7
Practicals
PS7 p 126 Soluble and
Insoluble substances
PS7 p 127 Dissolving
and surface area
PS7 p 128 Dissolving
and temperature
Unit 4.1 Review p 124

Homework &
Assessment

Content Description

Week

Teaching Plan

References

Separating Soluble Substances

Term 2
Week 2

Review the following methods for separating substances:

Evaporation
Distillation
Chromatography
In each case provide students with the theory behind each separation
technique, practical experience with each technique and discuss realworld applications of each technique..
As a final investigative task have students devise a way to separate a
mixture that requires combining more than one separation technique
e.g. a mixture of sand, iron filings and salt.

Separating Insoluble Substances

Term 2
Week 3

Assessment Type

Review the following methods for separating insoluble substance:

Sieving
Decanting
Filtration
Gravitational Separation
Magnetic Separation
Centrifugal Separation
In each case provide students with the theory behind each separation
technique, practical experience with each technique and discuss realworld applications of each technique.

Homework &
Assessment

PS7 4.3 Separating

soluble substances pp
139 142
Practicals
PS7 p 145 Fast and
slow evaporation
PS7 p 146 Distillation
Unit 4.3 Review p 143

PS7 4.2 Separating

insoluble substances
pp 129 133
Practicals
PS7 p 137 Comparing
Filters
PS7 p 138 Separating
Solids
PS7 p 138 Oil Spills

Test
Term 2 Week 3

Unit 4.2 Review p 136

Thinking Science Lesson 6 and 7 to be included in weeks 1 - 3
Assessment Structure
Task Description
Week
Semester Task Weighting

Test

Content from Week 1 3

Term 2 Week 3

Teacher Mark

Homework/short tests/assignments/experiments etc

Ongoing

Book Mark

Note Taking / Science work book

Ongoing

%
Semester 1
5%
Semester 1
5%