This document is a science module for 6th grade students on describing mixtures. It includes lessons, activities, and assessments to help students understand the characteristics of mixtures, different types of mixtures (homogeneous vs. heterogeneous), and examples of each. The key points covered are that mixtures are combinations of two or more substances, homogeneous mixtures appear uniform while heterogeneous mixtures do not, and activities classify example mixtures and compare mixture characteristics.

1. Science 6
Quarter 1 Module 1:
Lesson 1:
Describing Mixtures

2. Describing
Mixtures

3. Lesson 1- Describing mixtures
What I Need to Know
After going through this module, you are
expected to be able to:
Describe mixtures
Identify the kinds of mixtures
Describe homogeneous and
heterogeneous mixtures

4. Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer.
Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of paper.
What I Know
1. Mixed nuts, halo-halo and buko salad are examples
of what kind of mixture?
A. gas C. homogeneous
B. heterogeneous D. liquid
2. What do you call the combination of two or more
substances?
A. compound C. mixture
B. cream D. water

5. 3. Which of the following is an example of
heterogeneous mixture?
A. corn oil C. water and sand
B. water and salt D. water and sugar
What I Know
4. Which of the following is the best description of
colloids?
A. clear, flawless substance
B. clear, pure substance
C. dark, black substance
D. sticky, creamy substance

6. 5. What part of the solution is being dissolved?
A. base B. gas C. solute D. solvent
What I Know
6. In a sugar solution, which is the solvent?
A. pepper B. salt C. sugar D. water
7. What part of the solution is being dissolved?
A. base B. gas C. solute D. solvent
8. How do the solute particles in a suspension behave
after mixing with solvent?
A. all particles appeared clearly C. dissolve in solvent
B. settle at the bottom D. A and B

7. 9. A suspension is a heterogeneous cloudy mixture in
which solute-like particles settle out of a solvent- like
phase sometime after their introduction. Do you agree?
A. Not at all, classifying suspension is based on the phase
of the dispersed substance and what phase it is dispersed.
B. Maybe, the substance in the dispersed phase must be
larger than the size of a molecule.
C. No, the substances remain dispersed and do not settle
to the bottom.
D. Yes, the particles are big enough to eventually settle.
What I Know

8. 10. What do you call to the substances that can be
dissolved in water?
A. dissolution C. soluble
B. insoluble D. solution
What I Know

9. What was your score?
If you got all the answers correct,
Congratulations!
It shows that you are already familiar with the
characteristics of mixtures.
If you didn’t get a high score, no worries. This
module will help you learn more about the
characteristics and kinds of mixtures.
Study carefully this topic and you will be able to
answer all the questions in the activities that lie
ahead.
Are you ready?
What I Know

10. Lesson 1:
Mixtures and
Their
Characteristics

11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utU5Tjty8zQ
Watch the video lesson on Describing the
Characteristics of Mixtures

12. I learned that…….
Mixtures are the combination of two or more substances
that can be homogeneous or heterogeneous. Homogeneous
mixtures are uniform mixtures, while heterogeneous mixtures are
non-uniform mixtures.
What I Have Learned

13. What’s More
Directions: From the short information that you have read
about mixtures, answer the following questions. Write the
answer in your journal.
1. What is a mixture?
2. What are the 2 types of mixtures? __________
and ___________.
3. Fill in the blanks to complete the following
sentences:
Homogeneous mixture appears ___________
while a heterogeneous
mixture _______________________.

14. What’s More
4. A Homogeneous mixture is a _______________
mixture. While a Heterogeneous mixture is a
_________________ mixture.
5. In the given illustration on the previous page
on homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures,
give 1 example similar to it.
Homogeneous - __________________
Heterogeneous - __________________

15. What’s More
Activity 2:
Directions: Classify the mixtures below as homogeneous or
heterogeneous. Write the answer in your journal.
1.
Mixed nuts –
____________
2. 3.
4. 5.
clouds –
____________
fruits –
____________
magnet–
____________
lugaw–
____________

16. What’s More
Activity 2:
6. Alum (Tawas)
dissolved in water -
7. Paint -
8. Palabok -
9. Alcohol -
10. Macaroni salad -
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________

17. What’s More
Activity 3: Check Me!
Directions: Read the characteristics of mixtures given in the
second column. Identify if it is homogeneous or heterogeneous
mixture. Place a check mark under the column of your answer.
Heterogeneous
Mixture
Characteristics
Homogeneous
Mixture
1. Components can be separated by
physical means.
2. The additive component is so finely
dispersed in the main ingredient such
that it can’t be seen.
3. Particles are uniformly distributed.
4. The substances are identified in
different phases.
5. Particles are non-uniformly distributed.

18. What’s More
Activity 4: Pick Me!
Directions: Read the following mixtures inside the box.
Identify these into solution, suspension or colloid. Write your
answer in the proper column.
oil and water
sand and water
salt and water
milk
mayonnaise
paint
sugar and water
flour and water
toothpaste
body creams

19. What’s More
Activity 2: Pick Me!
Suspension Colloid Solution

20. What I Have Learned
Directions: Complete the paragraph below. Do it in your
Science journal or notebook.
I learned that…….
Mixtures are the combination of _____________________
substances that can be homogeneous or heterogeneous.
Homogeneous mixtures are ____________________ mixtures,
while heterogeneous mixtures are
_____________________ mixtures.

21. Directions: Complete the Venn diagram by comparing the
characteristics of homogeneous and heterogeneous. At the
center, write what they have in common.
What I Can Do
Homogeneous Heterogeneous

22. Directions: Choose the correct answer in each number. Use
separate sheet for your answer.
Assessment
1. Which statement is true about heterogeneous mixtures?
a. Heterogeneous mixtures exemplify uniform distribution of
components all throughout.
b. Heterogeneous mixtures are mixtures with ingredients that
remain visible after being mixed.
c. There is only one phase of matter observed in heterogeneous
mixtures.
d. The heterogeneous mixtures are also known as solution.
2. What do you call the combination of two or more substances?
a. compound c. mixture
b. cream d. water

23. Assessment
3. Which of the following mixtures is heterogeneous?
a. salt and sugar dissolved in water
b. powdered detergent in a pail of water
c. 3 in 1 coffee dissolved in hot water
d. vegetable salad with dressing
4. Your mother prepared pinakbet for lunch. How will you describe its
ingredients?
a. It is a homogeneous mixture because it was evenly mixed.
b. It is a heterogeneous mixture because its components are
visible.
c. It is a heterogeneous mixture because of its uniformity.
d. It is a homogeneous mixture because it is not uniform.

24. Assessment
5. A vinegar mixed with soy sauce is a homogeneous mixture
because:
a. you can easily identify its components
b. you can only see the dark color of soy sauce
c. the mixture appears one or uniform
d. the mixtures did not mix well
II. Divine prepares a mixture of salad mixed with mayonnaise, carrots,
cucumber, lettuce, and cheese. What type of mixture is Divine’s salad? Why
do you think so?
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________

25. Assessment
III. Directions: Combine two or more substances to form a mixture. List
down your combinations in the table below.
Sugar tap water hot water
Sand pebbles detergent powder vinegar
Milk powder rice grains seeds
marbles calamansi extract oil
Homogeneous Heterogeneous

26. Activity 1: Check and Cross!
Directions: Put a check before the number if the statement is true and
cross if it is not.
_____1. When the components are easily seen in the mixture, it is
heterogeneous.
_____2. Heterogeneous mixtures are non-uniform mixtures which show the
individual property of the ingredients.
_____3. Oil mixed with water is an example of heterogeneous mixtures.
_____4. Sugar crystals when dissolved in water makes a solution. The
resulting product is a heterogeneous mixture.
_____5. Homogeneous or uniform mixtures are mixtures where the additive
component is so finely dispersed in the main ingredient such that it can’t
be seen.

27. Activity 2:
Directions: Complete the diagram. Write the answer in your journal.
MIXTURES

28. Science – Grade 6, Alternative Delivery Mode, Department of Education
Quarter 1– Module 1– Matter. First Edition, 2020
BEAM 3 Unit 2: Separating and Preparing Mixtures - Teacher’s Guide.
Retrieved from https://lrmds.deped.gov.ph
EASE: Module 5 Colloids-Learning Module. Retrieved from https://
lrmds.deped.gov.ph
Uniform Mixture-Learning Material. Retrieved from https://lrmds.deped.gov.ph
Preparation of Separation of Mixtures-Learning Material. Retrieved from
https://lrmds.deped.gov.ph
Separating and Preparing Mixtures-Teacher’s Guide. Retrieved from https://
lrmds.deped.gov.ph
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