Mixtures in the Kitchen

Mixtures in the Kitchen Worksheet: Mixtures and solutions (Grade 4 Science)

Students sort kitchen mixtures (trail mix, lemonade, and vinegar in water) as mixtures you can see or solutions, and as solids only, a solid in a liquid, or a liquid in a liquid. Then they compare sugar, sand, food coloring, and pepper stirred into water. The page teaches the idea first, so no prior lesson is needed, and every answer is on the page.

What's Inside

• A teach box on mixtures and solutions, with a worked salt water example
• Part A: three kitchen mixtures; circle the kind of mixture and what is mixed
• Part B: four cups of water with three circle questions
• A raccoon guide with a hint that matches the answer key
• An answer key with answers marked in red, plus a short teacher note with what to watch for

How Teachers Use It

Read the teach box and the worked example together, then let students try Part A and Part B. It takes 8 to 10 minutes and prints clearly in black and white. The focus skill is investigating and comparing mixtures and solutions. Standards: TEKS 4.6B: investigate and compare a variety of mixtures, including solutions that are composed of liquids in liquids and solids in liquids.

Why It Works

Everyday kitchen mixtures make the difference between a mixture and a solution easy to see. Questions are short, mostly circle answers, and the reasoning is on the teacher key.