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A Semi-detailed Lesson Plan 
in Science and Technology 7 
Prepared by: Henry B. Sergio Jr. 
Content Standard: The learners demonstrate an understanding of the properties of substances that distinguish them from mixtures. 
Performance Standard: The learners should be able to investigate the properties of mixtures of varying concentrations using variable materials in the 
community for specific purposes. 
Week: 4, Day: 4 
I. Learning 
Objectives 
II. Learning 
Content 
III. Learning Procedure 
(Application Lesson) 
IV. Evaluation IV. Assignment 
Through a problem 
analysis about the 
different separation 
techniques, the 
students should be 
able to: 
A. differentiate the 
different separation 
techniques; 
B. appreciate the roll 
of Science in everyday 
life by solving a given 
problem related to 
real-life situation and; 
C. adapt the lesson in 
common separation 
techniques to be in 
the community for 
specific purposes. 
A.Subject Matter: 
Common Separation 
Techniques 
B. Reference: 
Hadsal, A.S. 
(2008).Exploring 
science and 
technology II. Diwa 
learning system, Inc. 
C. Materials: 
 Pictures of the 
different 
separation 
techniques. 
D. Concepts: 
1. Filtration-this is the 
separation technique 
where two miscible 
liquids (liquids that 
mix together) are 
separated. 
2. Chromatography - 
is the separation 
technique used to 
separate soluble 
substances using a 
media and a solvent. 
3. Sifting is a method 
in which you use the 
property of size to 
*Preliminary Assessment 
Review Quiz: Select the best answer. 
1. What does the term 'filtrate' means 
a. the liquid that passes through the filter paper 
b. solid particles that decompose upon heating 
c. the liquid that evaporates from a solution 
d. solid particles that are left behind after 
filtration on the filter paper 
2. If I know the components of a mixture 
and the boiling points of the 
components, which is a possible way to 
isolate the components in the mixture? 
a. Make use of evaporation 
b. Make use of magnetic attraction 
c. Make use of fractional distillation 
d. Make use of paper chromatography 
3. When do we use evaporation to 
separate components? 
a. a solid-solid mixture when one of the 
components sublimes 
b. a liquid-solid mixture when solid 
particles can be seen in the mixture 
c. a solid-liquid mixture when solid 
particles are dissolved 
d. a liquid-liquid mixture when one of 
the liquids has a lower boiling point 
Direction: 
Think carefully about 
the following 
statements. Are they 
true or false? 
Circle your answer. 
a. In filtration, the 
filtrate is always a pure 
liquid. True/False 
b. Drinking water 
can only be obtained 
from seawater by 
distillation. 
True/False 
c. The fractional 
distillation of miscible 
liquids is only possible if 
the liquids have 
different boiling points. 
True/False 
d. Paper 
chromatography is a 
physical method for 
separating mixtures. 
True/False 
e. Mixtures have 
fixed melting and 
boiling points. 
True/False 
On a short bond paper 
with 0.5 inches on all 
sides as margin, make 
a collage of the 
different examples of 
mixtures and 
substances that we see 
at the environment. To 
be passed on Friday, 
December 11, 2014. 
Criteria: 
Cleanliness-5 points 
Appropriate choice of 
pictures-10 points 
Artistry-5 points 
Total: 20 points
separate mixtures. 
4. Evaporation-the 
liquid portion of the 
solution is allowed to 
evaporate, leaving 
the solute behind. 
5. Magnetism can be 
used to separate 
mixtures. 
E. Skills: 
Investigating the 
properties of mixtures 
applying it to real life 
situations. 
F. Values 
A problem is not 
solved with only one 
solution. You have to 
explore other 
alternatives. 
4. Which separation technique do you use 
to separate a magnetic substance from 
a non-magnetic substance? 
a. filtration 
b. chromatography 
c. magnetic attraction 
d. distillation 
e. evaporation 
5. Which apparatus are not needed for 
the set-up when separation by 
evaporation is used? 
a. filter paper 
b. bunsen burner 
c. tripod stand 
d. solution 
e. wire gauze 
A. Motivation 
1. Let the students watch a lego 
assembled toy. (The video is about a 
robot toy assembled using lego bricks)
2. The robot is made up of the lego bricks. 
In what way does this imply in us? 
Everything is made up of components that 
combine together to create a thing. It is 
these components that make us. As for our 
topic for today, we will tackle about the 
different separation techniques to see the 
components of mixtures. 
B. Statement of the Problem
You are all chemists/engineers who 
live in the same town and work for the same 
company. A river runs through your town and 
the water comes from three smaller rivers that 
pass through three big cities. Recently, your 
town ran out of drinking water and your non-chemist, 
non-engineer neighbors have been 
drinking the water from the river. A few days 
later, many of your neighbors started feeling 
sick. You suspected the river water and half 
of you went to City No. 1 and the other half 
went to City No. 2 to see what is in their river. 
In City No. 1, you saw that a factory is right 
next to the river and they have been putting 
chemicals in the river. In City No. 2, the other 
half of you saw that the water appears to be 
clean but have a lot of sand in it. You are 
now asked to come up with a way to 
separate the chemicals from the water in City 
No. 1 and the sand from the water in City No. 
2. A separate group of chemists/engineers 
went to City No. 3 and found that ethanol 
and salt are in their river water. That means a 
mixture of water, ethanol (isopropanol), 
acetone, salt, and sand is in the river that runs 
through your town. Remember, your town is 
out of drinking water, so you must clean the 
river water and separate all the chemicals, 
salt, and sand from the river water to have 
drinking water!!!
C. Necessity of Information 
1. Separation of mixtures by paper 
chromatography 
This method is often used in the food 
industry. It is used to identify chemicals 
(coloring agents) in foods or inks. For 
example, if a scientist wants to know how 
many substances are in a particular blob of 
ink, paper chromatography can be used. 
2. Filtration separation method 
This is a more common method of 
separating an insoluble solid from a liquid. 
An example of such a mixture is sand and 
water. Filtration is used in water treatment 
plants, where water from the river is filtered 
to remove solid particles.
3. Evaporation Separation Method 
Evaporation is the process by which water 
(and other liquids) changes from a liquid 
state to a vapor or gas state. Evaporation is 
great for separating a mixture (solution) of a 
soluble solid and a solvent. The process 
involves heating the solution until the solvent 
evaporates (turns into gas) 
leaving behind the solid residue. 
4. Magnetism 
Magnetism is ideal for separating mixtures of 
two solids with one part having magnetic 
properties. Some metals like iron, nickel and 
cobalt have magnetic properties while gold, 
silver and aluminum do not. Magnetic 
elements are attracted to a magnet. 
5. Separation through sifting
Sifting is used to separate a dry mixture 
which contains substances of different sizes 
by passing it through a sieve, a device 
containing tiny holes. 
6. Based on our discussion, how can the 
engineers/chemist separate the 
different components of the water in 
the river? 
The sand can be separation by using filters, 
i.e. coffee filters, paper towel. The salt will 
dissolve in the mixture. As the mixture is 
heated, acetone will vaporize, followed by 
ethanol or isopropanol. Lastly, water can 
be boiled off or let stand to vaporize to 
obtain salt crystals.)
*Final Assessment 
Select the best answer. Letters only. 
1. Which is the best way to get salt from 
salty water? 
a. evaporation 
b. filtration 
c. distillation 
2. Pure water can be separated from inky 
water by simple distillation. This is 
because: 
a. water and ink have different boiling 
points. 
b. water evaporates leaving the ink 
particles behind. 
c. ink evaporates leaving the water 
behind. 
3. What is the correct order for obtaining 
salt from a mixture of sand and salt? 
a. dissolving in water - filtration - 
evaporation 
b. evaporation - filtration - dissolving in 
water 
c. filtration - dissolving in water - 
evaporation