Year-8 Chemistry Separating Substances: Chromatography

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In this lesson, students will describe how chromatography can be used to separate mixtures, identify substances using chromatograms and calculate Rf values.

Year-8 Chemistry Separating Substances: Chromatography

In this Year-8 Chemistry Separating Substances: Chromatography lesson, students will describe how chromatography can be used to separate mixtures, identify substances using chromatograms and calculate Rf values.

The slides include extension questions, and students can choose from a variety of different tasks.

This lesson includes:

  • Title slide with learning objectives
  • A starter activity
  • Group reading (literacy)
  • Keywords (vocabulary: chromatography, solvent front, pigment/dye, mobile phase, stationary phase and Rf value)
  • Task boxes
  • Handout sheet
  • Comprehension questions
  • Answer slides included for self-assessment

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Next Lesson: Separating Substances Revision

Link to next lesson: Separating Substances Revision

Use this lesson to revise the main topics from the Separating Substances unit, or to tackle any knowledge gaps found in the end of topic assessments.


Lessons for Key Stage 3, Year 8 Chemistry Topic 2 Separation Techniques

  1. Mixtures
  2. Solutions
  3. Solubility
  4. Filtration
  5. Evaporation and Distillation
  6. Chromatography
  7. Separating Substances End of Topic Revision Lesson

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