1. Separating A Mixture

2. Purpose: Separate a mixture using physical properties.
Materials:
Mixture of: Sand, Iron, Sugar, Pebbles
Screen Magnet Filter Paper
Water Hot Plate Cup
Safety Precaution: Wash your hands after the lab, be careful of the hot plate

3. Procedure Separate out each of the components of the mixture.
What will the screen separate out? Try it.
What will the magnet separate out? Try it.
What will the filter paper separate out? Try it.
Record your findings on the data table.

4. Data Table Separator What is separated out? What is left? Screen
Magnet
Filter Paper
Evaporation

5. Questions
What properties did you use to separate the mixture? (Physical or Chemical)
What property did you use to separate out: ?
The pebbles The iron filings
The sand The flour
3. Tomato harvesters use the fact that unripe tomatoes sink to separate out ripe tomatoes, what is the physical property used to separate tomatoes?
4. Did any of the materials change state?