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# Filtration and evaporation

Year 7 Chemistry · Pure substances and mixtures

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## Today

**We are learning to** filtration separates a solid that hasn't dissolved; evaporation recovers a solid that has. Describe both, name the residue and filtrate, and choose the right one.

- I can describe how filtration and evaporation are done, in the right order.
- I can name the residue and the filtrate.
- I can choose filtration, evaporation or both for a mixture, and say why.

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## Why it matters

> How do you get clean salt back out of sandy salt water? Two techniques, in the right order: filtration takes out what didn't dissolve, and evaporation takes the water away from what did.

<!-- Speaker note: Both techniques use a property difference from the last lesson: **particle size** for filtration, **boiling point** for evaporation. This lesson is about doing them correctly. -->

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## Engage: predict

**Sandy salt water is poured through filter paper. What stays in the paper?**

- Sand only
- Sand and salt
- Nothing
- Salt only

<!-- Speaker note: What happens: Sand only. Dissolved salt particles are small enough to pass through with the water, and come back when the water evaporates. Take two or three predictions before anyone runs it. -->

<!-- Speaker note: Teacher: count how many predicted sand and salt. That is the misconception the filter board answers. -->

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## Explore it

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[Open this step in the tutorial](https://studio.learningwaypoints.com/tutorials/science/chemistry/filter-evaporate/?full=step-2#step-2)

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## What happened?

* Sand only. Dissolved salt particles are small enough to pass through with the water, and come back when the water evaporates.

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## Filtration

**Put the filtration steps in order.**

```science
Pour the mixture in slowly
Put the cone in a funnel over a beaker
Leave the solid (the residue) in the paper
Let the liquid (the filtrate) drip into the beaker
Fold the filter paper into a cone
```

<!-- Speaker note: Pouring slowly stops the mixture overflowing the paper. Correct order: Fold the filter paper into a cone Put the cone in a funnel over a beaker Pour the mixture in slowly Let the liquid (the filtrate) drip into the beaker Leave the solid (the residue) in the paper -->

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## Evaporation

**Put the evaporation steps in order.**

```science
Stop heating when most of the water has gone
Let the rest evaporate to leave crystals
Heat it gently
Pour the filtrate into an evaporating dish
```

<!-- Speaker note: Stopping before the dish is completely dry stops the salt spitting. Correct order: Pour the filtrate into an evaporating dish Heat it gently Stop heating when most of the water has gone Let the rest evaporate to leave crystals -->

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## Why each works

**Filtration can't get the salt out of salt water, but evaporation can. Why?**

- Heating destroys the water and leaves the salt
- Dissolved salt has disappeared, and heating makes it come back
- Dissolved salt particles are small enough to pass through the paper, but when heated only the water particles escape, because water boils far below salt
- Salt is heavier than water, so it sinks while the lighter water rises away

* Answer: Dissolved salt particles are small enough to pass through the paper, but when heated only the water particles escape, because water boils far below salt

<!-- Speaker note: Filtration sorts by particle size, and dissolved particles are tiny. Evaporation uses boiling point: the water leaves, the salt stays. -->

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## Mix it up

**Looking back at pure substances and mixtures: before it is filtered, is sandy salt water a pure substance?**

- No, because it looks cloudy
- Yes, because the salt has dissolved
- Yes, because it is all water
- No: it has three kinds of particle (water, salt and sand), so it is a mixture

* Answer: No: it has three kinds of particle (water, salt and sand), so it is a mixture

<!-- Speaker note: Count the kinds of particle, not how it looks: water, salt and sand make three, so it is a mixture. What this step is for: Counting kinds of particle is what tells a mixture from a pure substance, and it decides which technique to use on sandy salt water. -->

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## which technique?

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<!-- Speaker note: For each mixture, choose what you would use to get the part named. Start by asking: did it dissolve? What this step is for: Choosing between filtration, evaporation, both or neither, with feedback, builds the habit of asking 'did it dissolve?' -->

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## The procedure

**You have a dry mixture of sand and salt. Order the steps to end up with dry sand and salt crystals, separately.**

```science
Collect the salt crystals
Rinse the sand in the paper with a little clean water, then leave it to dry
Filter the mixture
Gently evaporate the filtrate, rinse water included
Add water to the mixture and stir until the salt dissolves
```

<!-- Speaker note: Dissolving first is the key move: the salt has to be in solution before the filter can separate it from the sand. Correct order: Add water to the mixture and stir until the salt dissolves Filter the mixture Rinse the sand in the paper with a little clean water, then leave it to dry Gently evaporate the filtrate, rinse water included Collect the salt crystals -->

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## Through the paper

**During filtering, which particles pass through the paper?**

- All the particles
- Only water particles
- Water and salt particles

* Answer: Water and salt particles

<!-- Speaker note: Dissolved salt particles are small enough to fit through with the water. -->

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## Out of the dish

**During evaporation, which particles leave the dish?**

- Only water particles
- Water and salt
- Only salt

* Answer: Only water particles

<!-- Speaker note: Water boils far below salt. -->

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## Elaborate: out in the world

**Filtration or evaporation?**

Groups: Filtration · Evaporation

A coffee machine holds the grounds in a paper cone. · Shallow sea-salt ponds are left in the sun for weeks. · A pool pump pushes water through a sand or cartridge filter. · Wet clothes on a washing line dry out.

* Answer: A coffee machine holds the grounds in a paper cone. → Filtration; Shallow sea-salt ponds are left in the sun for weeks. → Evaporation; A pool pump pushes water through a sand or cartridge filter. → Filtration; Wet clothes on a washing line dry out. → Evaporation

<!-- Speaker note: What this step is for: Spotting filtration and evaporation in everyday settings checks the techniques are understood, not memorised. -->

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## Elaborate: First Nations separation techniques

**Which property difference does each technique use?**

Groups: Some parts are lighter than others · Some parts are bigger or look different · Different boiling points

Winnowing: seeds are tossed in a coolamon so the breeze carries the husks away. · Yandying: the coolamon is rocked in a rhythm so seeds and heavier grit move to different parts of the dish. · Hand-picking: sticks and stones are picked out of the seeds by hand.

* Answer: Winnowing: seeds are tossed in a coolamon so the breeze carries the husks away. → Some parts are lighter than others; Yandying: the coolamon is rocked in a rhythm so seeds and heavier grit move to different parts of the dish. → Some parts are lighter than others; Hand-picking: sticks and stones are picked out of the seeds by hand. → Some parts are bigger or look different

<!-- Speaker note: What this step is for: Traditional techniques use the same property differences as lab methods. -->

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## Pattern

**What is the pattern in the results?**

- Finer paper gives a clearer filtrate but takes longer
- Coarser paper is better in every way
- There is no pattern

* Answer: Finer paper gives a clearer filtrate but takes longer

<!-- Speaker note: Clarity and speed trade off. -->

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## Clearer

**Why is the fine paper's filtrate clearer?**

- The water goes slower, so the mud is lighter
- It soaks up the mud
- Its smaller holes trap smaller mud particles

* Answer: Its smaller holes trap smaller mud particles

<!-- Speaker note: Particle size versus hole size. -->

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## Slower

**Why does the fine paper take longer?**

- The water gets heavier
- The fine paper soaks up more of the water
- Smaller holes let less water through each second

* Answer: Smaller holes let less water through each second

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## Evaluate: look back

What did you think would stay in the filter paper? Write one sentence: "At first I thought… Now I think… because…"

**Revision summary**

- Filtration separates an undissolved solid from a liquid. The solid left in the paper is the **residue**; the liquid that passes through is the **filtrate**.
- It works because the solid's particles are too big for the holes. Dissolved particles pass straight through.
- Evaporation separates a dissolved solid from the liquid: the liquid's particles escape as a gas; the solid's particles stay and form crystals.
- For a solid that dissolves plus one that doesn't: filter first, then evaporate the filtrate.

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## Exit ticket

**In filtering sandy salt water, what is the residue and what is the filtrate?**

* The residue is the sand left in the paper; the filtrate is the salt water that passes through.

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