Properties of Solutions

Teach mixtures, solutions, solutes, and solvents with a clear, adapted science set designed for middle and high school students who need more visual support, repeated practice, and structured review.

This Properties of Solutions academic set introduces the difference between a mixture and a solution, explains what it means to dissolve, and helps students learn the roles of the solute and solvent through simple language, visuals, and repeated examples. The adapted text also reviews important properties of solutions, including that solutions are uniform, do not settle over time, and cannot be separated with a filter because the particles are so small.

This resource is a good fit for special education classrooms, adapted curriculum classes, intervention groups, and students who benefit from scaffolded academic instruction with strong visual support.

What’s Included:

• Adapted informational text on mixtures, solutions, solutes, and solvents
• Vocabulary and core word support
• Standards page
• Interactive flipbook with movable answer pieces
• Assessment response templates and comprehension questions
• Matching activity for solution, solvent, and solute
• Table-based question activities using real-life solution examples
• Activities for identifying the solvent and solute
• Answer keys
• PCS communication boards in multiple sizes and formats
• Word wall resources for review and classroom display

Students practice these concepts using familiar examples like hot chocolate, chicken broth, apple cider, salt water, pink lemonade, dish water, swimming pool water, and sweetened coffee, making the content easier to understand and apply.

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