Salad: Solutions & Mixtures

Students will be able to understand the characteristics of mixtures and solutions by creating their own salad dressings.

What Pilot Light Teachers are saying:

“This lesson was easy to implement. Students experimented with mixtures and solutions learning about solubility and density when mixing oil, vinegar, seasonings, and fruit.” -5th grade Science teacher

Lesson Topics:

Mixtures, Solutions, Healthy Choices

Curricular Connections:

Common Core English Language Arts:
Grades 4-12 Writing: Research to Build and Present Knowledge (Standard 9)

Next Generation Science Standards:
Grade 5: Physical Science: Matter and Its Interactions (5-PS1-3, 5-PS1-4)