Playing Directions:
(Two Person Play)
1. One partner picks a word: Element, Compound, Mixture, or Matter.
2. The partner holding the cootie catcher spells out the word, moving the
flaps side to side and in and out with the letters.
3. The other partner then chooses one of the inside numbers.
4. The partner holding the cootie catcher moves the flaps to that number.
5. The other partner chooses another number.
6. The partner holding the cootie catcher reads the definition for the other
partner to answer.
Solvent
Fold each
corner to the
center
Homogeneous mixture
Matter made
up of one
kind of
element
A mixture not
uniform in
composition
6
8
7
Open it all up and
flip it text down
on the desk
Element
Solute
Fold along the
vertical line
4
Pure Substance
Heterogeneous mixture
A substance
that is
dissolved to
form a
solution
Compound
Fold along the
horizontal line
Flip over and
fold each corner
to the center
Fold in half and
put your fingers
under the flaps
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Mixture
A substance in
which there is
one type of
particle
Element
1
Cut along the edges
of the Cootie
Catcher
5
2
Two or more
different
elements
joined
Compound
A substance able
to dissolve other
substances
together
3
A combination of
substances not
chemically
combined
Instructions:
A mixture that
is uniform in
composition
Instructions:
Compound
Fold along the
horizontal line
1
Solvent
Open it all up and
flip it text down
on the desk
Fold each
corner to the
center
Homogeneous mixture
Element
Flip over and
fold each corner
to the center
6
8
7
4
Pure Substance
Heterogeneous mixture
Solute
Compound
Fold in half and
put your fingers
under the flaps
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Element
Fold along the
vertical line
5
Mixture
2
3
Cut along the edges
of the Cootie
Catcher
Solvent
Fold each
corner to the
center
Homogeneous mixture
Matter made
up of one
kind of
element
A mixture not
uniform in
composition
6
8
7
Open it all up and
flip it text down
on the desk
Element
Solute
Fold along the
vertical line
4
Pure Substance
Heterogeneous mixture
A substance
that is
dissolved to
form a
solution
Compound
Fold along the
horizontal line
Flip over and
fold each corner
to the center
Fold in half and
put your fingers
under the flaps
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Mixture
A substance in
which there is
one type of
particle
Element
1
Cut along the edges
of the Cootie
Catcher
5
2
Two or more
different
elements
joined
Compound
A substance able
to dissolve other
substances
together
3
A combination of
substances not
chemically
combined
Instructions:
A mixture that
is uniform in
composition
Instructions:
Compound
Fold along the
horizontal line
1
Solvent
Open it all up and
flip it text down
on the desk
Fold each
corner to the
center
Homogeneous mixture
Element
Flip over and
fold each corner
to the center
6
8
7
4
Pure Substance
Heterogeneous mixture
Solute
Compound
Fold in half and
put your fingers
under the flaps
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Element
Fold along the
vertical line
5
Mixture
2
3
Cut along the edges
of the Cootie
Catcher