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This lesson plan introduces the properties of mixtures and solutions. A class demonstration gives the students the opportunity to compare and contrast the physical characteristics of a few simple mixtures and solutions. Students discuss the separation of mixtures and solutions back into their original components as well as different engineering applications of mixtures and solutions.

Engineers use their knowledge of mixtures and solutions when designing new synthetic materials. This is especially the case in the biomedical field, where engineers have to deal with compatibility issues when placing materials made outside the human body into the body. Engineers also design ways to help separate mixtures and solutions in industrial, commercial and environmental processes. Compare and contrast mixtures and solutions.Discuss methods for separating mixtures and solutions into their original components.Describe several engineering applications for mixtures and solutions. 20TeachEngineering.orgBrian KayDaria Kotys-SchwartzMalinda Schaefer ZarskeJanet Yowellhttp://www.usi.edu/extserv/kidschem/lesson3.htmS11416DAInternational_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyC. Various relationships exist between technology and other fields of study.35S11424F1ColoradoSciencea. Develop, communicate, and justify a procedure to separate simple mixtures based on physical properties 55United StatesCopyright 2012 - Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulderhttp://www.teachengineering.org/policy_ipp.phphttp://www.teachengineering.org/2011-03-075Teacher