Title: The air is a mixture Aims: - to realize that the air is a mixture of

Elvevoll Oppvekstsenter, Norway
Ecole Privée Saint Melaine, France
Zer Comte Arnau, Spain
Carnalbanagh Primary School, Northern Ireland
Podruznicna osnovna sola Razbor, Slovenia
COMENIUS 2004/2005
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Title: The air is a mixture
AIR – LEVEL 2
Aims:
Resources:
- to realize that the air is a
mixture of different
substances.
- a picture with uncolored air particles (atoms,
molecules),
- crayons.
Method:
Around us, there are a lot of substances. They are not
alone, they are mixed forming mixtures. Perfume is a
mixture of water, alcohol and different elements that
give it colour and smell.
The air is also a mixture.
This picture represents the air, if we could see
it and magnify it millions of times.
The gases in the air are: nitrogen, oxygen and carbon
dioxide. Observe them and paint with the correct
Suggested questions:
What didn’t you paint and what do you suppose it is?
Complete this chart:
Things
Has it got
water?
Has it got a Has it got a
taste?
smell?
Liquid soap
Sea water
Egg Yolk
Air
Booklet of science experiments for mixed age groups / ISBN 961-91615-0-5
Has it got
colour?
It is made of …..