Lesson Plan: Solutions Science • 5th Grade
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to define a solution and describe solubility as it relates to different substances.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- explain what happens during dissolving,
- define terms such as soluble, insoluble, solute, solvent, solution, and solubility,
- identify the solute and solvent in different solutions,
- compare the solubility of different substances.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- the names of the states of matter and changes of state,
- how to form mixtures.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- details of what is happening to particles during dissolving,
- saturation of solutions.