Changes & Separation Vocabulary
Use process vocabulary for changes of state and material separation — dissolve, solution, soluble, insoluble, evaporate, condense, melt, freeze, filter, sieve, mixture, separate — and understand precisely what each term describes, including the important distinction between dissolving and melting
Typical age: 7–9 years
“If your child stirs sugar into tea, can they explain whether the sugar dissolved or melted — and tell you those are different things?”
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- Separating MixturesREQUIRED
Separating mixtures by filtering, sieving, and evaporating requires all three separation process terms
- Dissolving & SolutionsREQUIRED
Understanding dissolving and solutions requires 'dissolve', 'solution', 'soluble', 'insoluble' from the process vocabulary node
- Evaporation & the Water CycleREQUIRED
Identifying the role of evaporation and condensation requires knowing these process terms precisely
- Reversible Changes
Describing dissolving and changes of state as reversible requires the vocabulary from the process terms node