Quick Answer: The Separating Materials Kit shows children how mixtures can be separated, with sand, salt, rock salt, filter funnels, filter papers, beakers, stirrers, a pestle and mortar and petri dishes.
Last updated: October 2026
Key Features
10 plastic stirrers, 10 filter funnels and 10 x 100 cm³ plastic beakers
Pack of 100 filter papers, 12.5 cm
5 kg sand, 1 kg salt (sodium chloride) and 1 kg rock salt
Pestle and mortar and 15 petri dishes
Worksheets to copy
Technical Specifications
Specification
Value
Stirrers
10 plastic stirrers
Filter funnels
10
Beakers
10 x 100 cm³ plastic beakers
Filter papers
Pack of 100, 12.5 cm
Sand
5 kg
Salt
1 kg sodium chloride and 1 kg rock salt
About This Product
Working with sand, salt and rock salt, children mix, dissolve, filter and evaporate to see how different mixtures can be separated. The activities build understanding of terms such as evaporate, filter, insoluble and dissolve.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1. Which science terms does the kit help children understand? Evaporate, filter, insoluble and dissolve, learned through separating mixtures made from the sand, salt and rock salt supplied.
