Pure Substances vs. Mixtures – “Create Your Own Matter World

⏱️ Time: ~40 minutes
🎯 Objective:

• Understand and apply the difference between pure substances and mixtures.

• Use digital art skills to visually represent scientific understanding.

Pure Substances vs. Mixtures – “Create Your Own Matter World”

Sort It Out! (5–7 minutes)

🔍 Sort the items below into 2 groups:

Pure Substances or Mixtures
You can write your list on paper, Google Docs, or type it into your drawing app.

• Salt

• Trail mix

• Oxygen

• Lemonade

• Gold

• Apple juice (with pulp)

• Water

• Cookie dough

• Iron

• Air

• ✅ Challenge yourself: Can you explain why each one is a pure substance or mixture?

Art Time: Create Your Matter World! (20–25 minutes)

🎨 Create a digital drawing or graphic showing:

• A world made of only pure substances

• A world made of only mixtures

• 🧠 Think like a scientist and an artist:

  • What would the people, land, or sky look like in each world?

  • Would the objects be made of single elements or mixed parts?

  • How would things like air, food, or water look?

Art Time: Create Your Matter World! (20–25 minutes)

🎨 Create a digital drawing or graphic showing:

• 🔖 Include labels in your drawing for at least:

  • 2 pure substances (e.g., gold, oxygen)

  • 2 mixtures (e.g., lemonade, air)

  • A short explanation on the image or in a note: "This world is made of pure substances, which means..."

  📱 You can use Procreate, Sketchbook, Pixlr, Canva, or anything you like!