Benefits of

Separating
Mixtures through
Sieving/
Handpicking
How can you separate this
mixture of salt and water?
What are the different steps to
follow in separating the mixture of
salt and water?
What method of separation is
shown in the illustrations?
Place a line to show the correct answer of
the words in the first column
 Mesh screen  A good or helpful result or
effect
 Benefit  Combination of two or more
materials
 Removing materials from one
 Separate another
 to separate smaller solid
 Sieving particles from larger solid
particles
 Mixture  Material used to separate
smaller to larger particles
1. Group the pupils
into 4
2. Assign gofer, scribe,
English monitor and
leader
3. Distributes the
materials needed
Participate always in
the Group
Share and respect the ideas
of the group members

Observe discipline while

performing the activity

Raise your hand if you have

any query to the teacher.
Group Activity
List down different
activities that deal
with sieving and
handpicking either in
school or community.
 School Home/Kitchen Community

Table 1: Activities that involve Handpicking

School Home/Kitchen Community
Group Activity
List down different
activities that deal
with sieving and
handpicking either in
school or community.
Why are sieving and handpicking
beneficial to the community?

Identify some activities in the

community that involves
sieving and handpicking.
 Group
Presentation of
Outputs.
Benefits of sieving
 1. It can be used as a filter or a strainer. It can filter the big
stones from the soil when you garden.
 2) You can use it in deep-frying. For example, you can easily
get a large amount of potato fries on a pan using a sieve.
 3) You can use a sieve to separate or remove water from
your Pasta/noodles.
 4) You can use a sieve if you are having a hard time in
separating Coconut milk/juice from strings or other juices.
 5) After mashing nuts very fine, you can use a sieve to
separate the fine mashed nuts from not.
 6. restaurant or a home draining the liquid from noodles is
an example of sieving
 7. Use sieving in the science lab to separate liquids from
precipitates
Participate always in
the Group
Share and respect the ideas
of the group members

Observe discipline while

performing the activity

Raise your hand if you have

any query to the teacher.
 Benefits of Handpicking in the
Community
Advantages Disadvantages
⦁ This method doesn’t ⦁ It is not feasible
need any special for large quantity
machinery for the  of substances.
separation of ⦁ It is only possible
substances. when substances
⦁ It takes less time are visibly
when used for a different in size.
small quantity.
1. Group the pupils
into 4
2. Assign gofer, scribe,
English monitor and
leader
3. Distributes the
materials needed
Read the statement then give your best
answer.
 Get the mixture of uncooked corn, palay
and mongo seeds you have prepared in
the previous activity. Pick up the corn
seeds and place them on a piece of paper.
Do the same with palay and mongo seeds.
How did you separate them?
 . Mix sand, rice bran and rice in a basin.
After five minutes, try to separate the
sand from the rice. How will you do this?
Assignment:

 Learners search the internet or other

references on other activities in the
community that show benefits of sieving
aside from what were mentioned in the
lesson.
Benefits of
Separating
Mixtures through
Decantation
 Sieving Sieve

Handpicking or
Manual Separation
What benefits do
we get from
sieving and
handpicking?
What do you observe with the
materials being shown? What
method is used?
 Allow the pupils to form the
jumbled letters.

NANTIDCOEAT
Decantation:
is making the mixtures separated
from one another. We can do this
though separating a kind of liquid
from another kind
 Word Origin & History
1630s, "pour off the clear liquid from a
solution by gently tipping the vessel,"
originally an alchemical term, from
French décanter, perhaps from
Medieval Latin decanthare "to pour from
the edge of a vessel," from de- +
Medieval Latin canthus "corner, lip of a
jug," from Latin cantus, canthus "iron
rim around a carriage wheel."
Related: Decanted; decanting.
Benefits of
Separating
Mixtures through
Filtration
What do you observe with the
materials being shown? What
method is used?