Separating Mixtures

“If your child needed to separate salt from sand mixed together in water, could they describe two stages of separation, the equipment needed, and explain why each step works?”

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• ⬜Selects the correct separation technique for a given mixture with justification
• ⬜Describes the steps of simple distillation and explains why it works
• ⬜Interprets a chromatography result (Rf values, number of components)
• ⬜Explains why filtration removes sand from water but not salt