Exploring Mixtures vs New Substances Worksheet Pack

Help your Year 6 students build a deep understanding of mixtures, solutions, and new substances with this Mixtures vs New Substances Worksheet pack. These worksheets are designed to help young scientists explore the idea that some materials retain their original properties when combined to form mixtures or solutions, while others undergo chemical changes and become entirely new substances.

Perfect for reinforcing key Year 6 Chemical Science standards, this Mixtures vs New Substances Worksheet Pack gives students several opportunities to compare, classify, and explain what happens when different materials are combined.

A Variety of Mixtures, Solutions, and New Substances Worksheets

This pack includes a wide range of worksheet styles to help students explore how materials behave when mixed. The following Mixtures, Solutions, and New Substances Worksheets are included:

• Mixtures vs. New Substances Worksheet – Students will examine a group of substances being mixed and determine whether the mixture remains or a new substance is formed. Then they will determine whether the change was physical or chemical. Finally, students will explain their thinking.
• Analyse and Explain Mixtures & New Substances Worksheet – Students will read a short scenario, then determine if a mixture or new substance is formed and explain their thinking.
• Mixture vs Solution Sort – Students will cut out images of a variety of mixtures and solutions, then sort them into two categories.
• Think Like a Scientist Worksheet – Students will answer a series of critical-thinking questions to demonstrate their knowledge of mixtures and matter.

Download Your Mixtures and New Substances Worksheets

This set of Mixtures and New Substances Worksheets is available in both PDF and editable Google Slides format.  To get your copy, click the dropdown arrow on the download button and choose your preferred file type.

We have also included an answer key for easy grading.

This resource was created by Amanda Elkins, a teacher and Teach Starter Collaborator.

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