ScienceMatter & MaterialsAges 11–13
Pure Substances & Mixtures
Distinguish between pure substances and mixtures, identify formulations as useful mixtures with precise compositions, and use melting and boiling points to test for purity
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Pure Substances & MixturesConceptual concept
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Check understanding
- Explains why a pure substance has a sharp, fixed melting point but a mixture melts over a range
- Identifies common formulations (medicines, alloys, paints, fuels) as deliberate mixtures
- Explains what impurities do to melting and boiling points
- Distinguishes mixtures from compounds at the particle level
“If your child was checking whether a sample of water was pure, could they explain one test they could do — and say what result would tell them it was definitely pure versus a mixture?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Matter & Materials
- Age range
- Ages 11–13
Standards
uk-nc-2013:KS3.Sci.Chem.PIS.1uk-nc-2013:KS3.Sci.Chem.PIS.3uk-nc-2013:KS3.Sci.Chem.PIS.4