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Year 5 · Science

Separating Mixtures

Year 5 learners practise separating mixtures by filtering sieving and evaporating.

The activities include Explore Separating Substances Step-by-Step, Find Out about Separating Substances at the Seaside, Investigate Separating Substances Step-by-Step, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching, worksheet, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Explore Separating Substances Step-by-Step
  • Find Out about Separating Substances at the Seaside
  • Investigate Separating Substances Step-by-Step
  • Look at Separating Mixtures

Checked learning resources

  • Year 5 Science: Separating Mixtures Video Lesson

    Twinkl · Video · Account may be required

    Directly playable Year 5 video explains and demonstrates separation processes, then asks children to predict and try a practical decanting experiment and choose methods for different mixtures.

  • Recovering Insoluble Solids

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 5 science lesson. I can describe how to separate an insoluble solid from a liquid. Some solids do not dissolve in liquids; these are called insoluble solids. A sieve is a type of filter that can be used to separate

  • Science: Properties and Changes of Materials: Separating Mixtures Year 5 Lesson Pack 5

    Twinkl · Teaching · Account may be required

    This Year 5 lesson applies sieving, filtration, magnetism, dissolving and evaporation to choose suitable methods for separating mixtures.

  • Separating Materials Worksheets Booklet

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    KS2 separating-mixtures booklet provides structured practical methods and worksheets for carrying out and sequencing separation investigations.

  • Y5 The Clean Water Challenge Activity

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    Year 5 practical separation challenge asks children to predict, select equipment, plan and refine the correct order of filtering, sieving and evaporation methods, interpret evidence and decide whether results support pre

  • Science Investigation Planning Sheets

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    KS2 investigation sheets guide pupils through the practical method: aim, equipment, prediction, fair-test design, procedure, results recording and conclusion.

  • Recovering Insoluble Solids lesson slides

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Year 5 science lesson. I can describe how to separate an insoluble solid from a liquid. Some solids do not dissolve in liquids; these are called insoluble solids. A sieve is a type of filter that can be used to separate

  • Recovering Insoluble Solids worksheet and quizzes

    Oak National Academy · Interactive · Opens on the provider website

    Year 5 science lesson. I can describe how to separate an insoluble solid from a liquid. Some solids do not dissolve in liquids; these are called insoluble solids. A sieve is a type of filter that can be used to separate