More about Dissolving

Recognise that solids remain in the solution when they dissolve and can be recovered by evaporation; identify several factors that affect the rate at which a solid dissolves.

Teacher background knowledge

QCA/DfES schemes of work for this unit. Learning objectives / outcomes, vocabulary, resources and suggested activities.

Support materials for this QCA unit. Available as a word document from the 4S (Surrey) website. Still there, but you need to register first.  It is free to register and you'll be able to access some other very useful resources.

Key knowledge and progression of ideas. Selected pages from the 4S document above. Very valuable for teachers developing thinking skills in science (Word)

Particle Theory and dissolving A useful summary of how particle theory can help children understand the difficult concept of 'dissolving'

Animation of salt dissolving in water Labels the molecules and the charges Too much for Year 6 pupils ?

Teaching sites

Virtual Experiment 5 & 6 e-learning available online for LGfL users

Science Essentials Web pages from the Channel 4 site deal with this unit.

How a brine evaporator works See how salt is extracted from sea water on an industrial scale. Engaging and informative. From the Industry Animated website.

Video Clips

BBC Learning Zone  There is one clip to use in the classroom linked to this topic

Use ICT in teaching

Talent guidance Look at Lewisham's guidance on ICT activities for this QCA science unit in their Year 6 listing

Loan Data - logging equipment from the PDC and measure temperature of liquids electronically (find out more)

Easiteach resources

More about dissolving dominoes. A domino game that challenges pupils to use their thinking skills Download this file

Instructions for using these dominoes in the classroom (Word)

Dissolving sugar Easiteach resource to use with the Virtual Experiment for this unit. Provides a context for the activities and develops pupils' planning skills. Download this resource

Outline plan for one possible approach to this lesson (Word)

Lesson Plans / Worksheets

A focussed Sc1 activity from Astra-Zeneca, enables assessment of one of the Sc1 strands - contributes to an overall Sc1 NC level at the end of the year. Visit this site to find out more

Science vocabulary

Label templates (Word) A covenient way to have large print copies of key vocabulary. Simply type in and print off ! Useful for lesson introduction and plenary

Key vocabulary for this topic (Word) Large print copies ready for display from Sheffield's website

Sc1 Glossary for Y6 (Word) Sc1 key vocabulary to be taught in Y6. A great resource from Sheffield's science site.

Glossary of science terms Possibly too comprehensive for some Year 6 pupils, but you may wish to introduce many of them

Concept Mapping (find out more)

An example of one approach: Pupil 'worksheet' (Word) Key words (Word) and Relationship words (Word) to be cut into 'cards', arranged, stuck down on a blank sheet of paper and annotated to represent the pupils' understanding

IWB Easiteach version of the same resource can be downloaded

A completed (Easiteach) example, for teacher reference, is also available (take a look)

Paired work in progress An example of a concept map in construction

Whole class introduction on how to build a concept map (Word)

Topic revision

Card loop game Available from Sheffield's primary science website (Word)

Inclusion

Norbert Rillieux (1806 - 1894) Black inventor who invented a sugar processing evaporator