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Lesson 4: Solutions

Exploring dissolving and solutions and learning how to observe and describe in detail.
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Lesson plan

1. Recap and recall

Refer back to the class flipchart of the four types of mixture (solid-solid, solid-liquid, liquid-gas and gas-gas) noted in the Recap and recall activity in Lesson 2: Sieving.

Ask the children to discuss the following questions with a partner:

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In this unit

Assessment – Science Y5: Mixtures and separationLesson 1: MixturesLesson 2: SievingLesson 3: Filtering
Lesson 4: Solutions
Lesson 5: DissolvingLesson 6: Evaporating
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary teamLast update: 3 July 2026

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