Chemistry States of Matter
Solubility
Learning Objective
• To plan an investigation on solubility.
Success Criteria
• To define keywords.
• To apply keywords to situations.
• To design a safe and valid experiment.
• To describe how temperature affects solubility.
Starter
A Nice Cup of
When you add sugar toTea
a cup of tea what happens…
• to the sugar?
• to the mass of the tea?
• if the tea is made with colder water?
Adding Sugar to Water
When you add sugar to a cup of tea, the
sugar dissolves, it doesn’t disappear!
The particles of sugar are added to the
particles of water, so the mass increases.
Adding Sugar to Water
When you add sugar to colder water, it takes longer to dissolve, if at all!
Think back to how particles are arranged in a liquid.
Why might it take longer if the water is colder?
Adding Sugar to Water
When water is colder, the particles are moving more slowly.
When water is hotter, the particles are moving faster - they
have more kinetic energy.
This means when they collide with
the sugar, the bonds within the
sugar cube are more easily broken.
Keywords Activity
• The substance being dissolved is called the solute.
• The substance it’s dissolving into is called the solvent.
• A mixture of a solute and solvent is called a solution.
Can you draw a quick sketch of
a cup of tea and write these
definitions in the correct place?
Answers
The substance it’s dissolving
into is called the solvent.
A mixture of a solute and
solvent is called a solution.
The substance being
dissolved is called the
solute.
Keywords: Extra
If you kept adding sugar to water, it would reach a point where
no more could dissolve. We say the solution is saturated.
If you added sand to water, it would not dissolve. We say
substances like these are insoluble.
Planning an Experiment
You are going to plan a safe and valid
experiment into the solubility of sugar (the
solute) in water.
Solubility is a measure of how much
solute will dissolve.
You will record how much sugar dissolves
at different temperatures.
Activity Sheet
Now follow the activity sheet to plan your experiment.
Quick Assessment Sheet
Now complete the assessment sheet to show your
understanding of today’s lesson.
Plenary: Spot the Keyword
How many keywords from today can you spot in these pictures?
Plenary: Spot the Key Word
How many keywords from today can you spot in these pictures?
Sand – insoluble.
Salt – solute/soluble. Coffee beans – solute/partly soluble.
Water – solvent. Water – solvent.
Sea – solution. Coffee – solution.
Bath bomb – solute/soluble.
Bath water – solvent.
Bath with salts – solution.
What Did You Achieve Today?
• I can define key words.
• I can apply key words to situations.
• I can design a safe and valid experiment.
• I can describe how temperature affects solubility.
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