Mixtures and Solutions | Design Your Own Experiment
Design Your Own Experiment
How to Select a Topic Related to this Concept
The nature of mixtures can provide topics for fascinating experiments and projects. Try measuring the changes that occur in the temperature at which water boils and when salt is added to it. You might test other methods of purification. Can you construct a simple centrifuge to separate suspensions? Can you purify salt water by freezing as well as by boiling? Finding the answers to these questions can become the basis for simple yet informative projects.
Check the For More Information section and talk with your science teacher or school or community media specialist to start gathering information on mixture questions that interest you. Remember to check with a knowledgeable person before experimenting with unfamiliar materials.
Steps in the Scientific Method
To do an original experiment, you need to plan carefully and think...
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