What Mixes With Water

Write About Solids, Liquids, and Gases

MixWehastwith

Water?

A Procedural Text
by Taunya Nesin

MixWehastwith

Water?

A Procedural Text
by Taunya Nesin

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Do you want to find out what mixes
with water? Follow this checklist to do
your own investigation!

Ask Questions
Predict
Plan
Observe
Record
Analyze Data
Draw a Conclusion
Share Results

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Ask Questions

Start with these science questions.
Does sugar mix with water?
Does sand mix with water?
Does oil mix with water?

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Predict

What do you think will happen? You
might predict that sugar, sand, and
oil will mix with water.

water
oil

sand

sugar

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Plan

You will need to set up a fair test to
answer the questions. First, gather
these materials.

Materials

sugar sand vegetable oil

3 glass spoon pitcher
containers of water

marker labels stopwatch scoop

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Then, write each of the following
words on a label: sugar, sand, oil.
Stick a label on each glass container.

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Observe

Fill each container halfway
with water.

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Next, put two scoops of sugar
into the container labeled “sugar.”
Put two scoops of sand into the
container labeled “sand.” Finally, put
two scoops of oil into the container
labeled “oil.”

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Stir the contents of the container of
sugar and water for five seconds.

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Set the stopwatch to count down one
minute. After one minute, observe the
container.
Repeat these steps for the container
of sand and water. Then,
repeat the steps again
for the container of
oil and water.

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Record

Write your observations in your
science notebook.

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Make a table like this one. Draw
and write what you saw. Label
your drawings.

Observations what the

Mixed container
with water looked like
after one
minute

sugar yes

sand no sand
oil no oil

Analyze Data

Look at your chart in your science
notebook. Did your observations
match your prediction?

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Draw a Conclusion

Think about your results. What
happened? Did sugar, sand, and oil
mix with water? Which ones did?
Which ones didn’t? Make a display to
share with your family and friends.

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Share Results

Use your display to share your
results. Tell what you found
out about sugar, sand, and
oil mixing with water.

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Acknowledgments Author’s
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the appropriate permission. If any omissions have been made or if corrections are required, I enjoy writing many kinds
please contact the Publisher. of books. Procedural books
are challenging to write. The
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National Geographic Photographers; Title Chepko Danil Vitalevich/Shutterstock. I love a good challenge.

Neither the Publisher nor the authors shall be liable for any damage that may be caused or Every time I ask a science
sustained or result from conducting any of the activities in this publication without specifically question I try to think of a
following instructions, undertaking the activities without proper supervision, or failing to comply good way to find out an
with the cautions contained herein. answer. In this book, we
wanted to find out what
Program Authors mixes with water. We were
Malcolm B. Butler, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Science Education, University of South Florida, surprised by the results.
St. Petersburg, Florida; Judith Sweeney Lederman, Ph.D., Director of Teacher Education and
Associate Professor of Science Education, Department of Mathematics and Science Education, What science question would
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois; Randy Bell, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Science you ask? How would you go
Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; Kathy Cabe Trundle, Ph.D., Associate about finding the answer?
Professor of Early Childhood Science Education, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Nell
K. Duke, Ed.D., Co-Director of the Literacy Achievement Research Center and Professor of Teacher — Taunya Nesin
Education and Educational Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan; David
W. Moore, Ph.D., Professor of Education, College of Teacher Education and Leadership, Arizona
State University, Tempe, Arizona

The National Geographic Society
John M. Fahey, Jr., President & Chief Executive Officer
Gilbert M. Grosvenor, Chairman of the Board

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