This pure substances and mixtures activity will have your students comparing elements, compounds, and mixtures. Students will classify examples of the physical properties of matter to distinguish between pure substances, homogeneous mixtures (solutions), and heterogeneous mixtures. This is a great practice activity for middle school students needing to recognize the properties of matter.

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• 9 page PDF: (this is not a digital/editable activity) 3 TOU/credits pages, 1 student prompts/pieces page, 1 student template page, 1 answer key page, 2 teacher instructions page, 1 student reflection page

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Aligned to:

TEKS 6.5A know that an element is a pure substance represented by a chemical symbol and that a compound is a pure substance represented by a chemical formula;

also aligned to the new (2024-2025 science TEKS)

TEKS 6.6B investigate the physical properties of matter to distinguish between pure substances, homogeneous mixtures (solutions), and heterogeneous mixtures

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