Powders and crystals

Powders and crystals

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Ths task is about using information in a chart to classify substances.

Here are some foods which you can find at home, and a description of what they look like.  

Food

 Description
flour white powder
salt small white crystals
sugar medium–sized white crystals
custard powder pale 'yellow'-coloured powder
milo brown powder
milkshake flavour small red crystals and powder

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a) From the descriptions, what do flour and custard powder have in common?

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b)  What is the major difference between milo and the other foods?

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c)  Which description in the chart above could be used to divide the six foods into two groups of three?
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This task can be completed with pencil and paper or ONLINE with auto-marking.
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
Science, Investigating in science, Material World
Keywords: 
physical properties, classification, table interpretation
Description of task: 
Students use a table of information to answer questions about descriptions of different substances.
Answers/responses: 
   Y6 (09/1998)
a) (Both) powders. easy
b) Milo is brown/colour. easy
c) White or not white/contains crystals or not. difficult