Mixtures and Solutions Worksheets

About this resource

A complete mixtures and solutions kit for grades 6-8, built for the table where students need different amounts of support. Students read a one-page reference on mixtures, solutions, solutes, solvents and four ways to separate a mixture, label the solute and solvent in four beaker drawings, sort scenarios into mixture or solution, read a data table, match each separation method to its job, match each term to its meaning, fill in a paragraph from a word box, sort phrases into a Venn diagram, find the mistake in what four invented students said, answer true-or-false, multiple-choice and circle-the-true-sentence questions, cut and paste examples into mixture, solution or a way to separate, and write short answers and explanations. Every student page has a name line, one short instruction and real room to write. Answer keys, a tracker, a class grid, a progress note and a family page are included, so nothing has to be written from scratch.

EVERYTHING INSIDE (29 pages)

• 15 student pages in 15 page types: Mixtures and Solutions at a Glance, Label the Solute and Solvent, Mixture or Solution?, Read a Data Table, Match the Method to the Job, Match the Term to Its Meaning, Fill In the Blanks, Compare in a Venn Diagram, Circle the True Sentence, Multiple Choice, True or False? Fix It, Find the Mistake, Cut and Paste Sort, Short Answers and Explain It
• 98 scored items on 14 pages, every answer read from the same lists that draw the pages
• 4 beaker drawings made in code (salt and water, sugar and water, drink powder and water, carbon dioxide gas and water), each with a line for the solute and a line for the solvent, from a word box of 7
• 8 scenarios to sort into mixture or solution (4 of each), and 8 jobs to match to filtering, evaporation, a magnet or sieving (2 of each)
• 1 data table of 4 water temperatures, from a made-up sugar experiment, with 6 questions and a written question
• 6 terms (mixture, solution, solute, solvent, dissolve, evaporation) matched to 6 lettered meanings
• 10 blanks in a paragraph, from a word box of 12 (two are not used)
• 1 Venn diagram (filtering only, both, evaporation only) with a word box of 10
• 6 pairs of sentences where the student circles the true one, 8 multiple-choice questions and 8 true-or-false statements (with a line to fix each false one)
• 4 invented students who each made one mistake, with two lines to name the mistake and two lines to fix it
• 12 cut-and-paste pieces on one three-box sort mat (mixture, solution, a way to separate), edge to edge, each piece 1.75 in by 1.15 in
• 5 short-answer questions with 4 writing lines each, and 3 explanation prompts with 6, 5 and 5 writing lines
• 2 answer keys, checked against the questions
• 1 tracker (page, page type, items right, date) and 1 whole-class progress grid
• 1 progress note (a hand-off page between team meetings) and 1 family page
• 1 filled example (an invented student, Maya R.), 1 phrase bank (15 starters in 5 groups), 1 binder cover and 6 divider tabs with a spine label to cut out
• Start Here page with a "which page, when" chooser

The Page Types

1. Mixtures and Solutions at a Glance: 6 key terms, 4 ways to separate a mixture (filtering, evaporation, magnet, sieving), and lines to write what the student knows.

2. Label the Solute and Solvent: 4 beaker drawings, a word box, a line for each, plus a written question.

3. Mixture or Solution?: 8 scenarios, a letter box for each, and a written question.

4. Read a Data Table: one table, 6 questions to answer from it, and a written question.

5. Match the Method to the Job: 8 jobs, a letter box for each, and two written questions.

6. Match the Term to Its Meaning: 6 terms, 6 lettered meanings, and a written question.

7. Fill In the Blanks: a paragraph with 10 numbered blanks, a question about one word the student used, and the two words that were not needed.

8. Compare in a Venn Diagram: sort 10 phrases into filtering only, both or evaporation only, then write one sentence about how the two differ.

9. Circle the True Sentence: 6 pairs, circle the true one and write its letter.

10. Multiple Choice: 8 questions with four lettered choices each. The right letter moves from question to question.

11. True or False? Fix It: 8 statements, a T or F box, and a line to rewrite each false one.

12. Find the Mistake: 4 invented students, each with one mistake to name and fix.

13. Cut and Paste: Sort It: 12 pieces to sort into mixture, solution or a way to separate, then a written question about how a mixture and a solution differ.

14. Short Answers: 5 recall questions with 4 lines each.

15. Explain It: 3 prompts (separating sand, iron filings and salt; why sand and water make a mixture but salt and water make a solution; why a filter works on sand but not on dissolved salt) with 5 or 6 lines each and sentence starters.

How To Use It

Hand out the reference page first, then any page in any order. Use it as a unit, as stations, as a quick check or one page a day. The Start Here page maps what you want to do (introduce, label, read data, separate, check, find errors, write) to the page to use.

Built For The Student Holding The Page

A big "My name" line, one short instruction, body text at 11 point or larger, answer boxes you can type in or write in, and writing lines at a size that fits middle school handwriting. There are no cartoon characters or baby-ish borders. Nothing on a student page is written for an adult; the keys, tracker and notes are on separate teacher pages. The file prints clean in black and white. It is a paper-and-pencil set: there are no lab steps and no home experiments.

No Guessing The Answer

Wherever a student picks among printed spots (the lettered choices, the order of true and false, the letters on the matching pages, the order of the cut pieces) the position of the right answer is checked in code so it does not sit in the same spot three times in a row.

Type In, Or Print

The name line, every answer box, blank and writing line is a type-in field in any PDF reader: click one, type, then save. The same goes for the tracker, the class grid, the progress note and the family page. This is a fillable PDF; it is not a Google Slides or PowerPoint file. The cut-and-paste sort is for pencil, scissors and glue.

Who This Is For

Middle school science classes, resource rooms, co-taught classrooms and special education teachers who need a complete mixtures and solutions unit at grades 6-8 content with room for support: a word box, sentence starters and a reference page. It can be used as a unit, as stations, or one page a day.

What This Is, And What It Is Not

A mixtures and solutions worksheet set with the record-keeping around it. The science is the standard middle school textbook version, in plain words. The drawings are simplified, and the table numbers and the four students are made up for practice; none of them is a real measurement or a real child. It is not a lab manual, a timed test, a screener, a clinical tool, or a claim about any student's age or rate of progress. There is no IEP goal language or eligibility wording anywhere in the file.