How Do You Learn The Difference Between Homogeneous And Heterogeneous?
Your child has come home with a report or a lesson due for science. They’re studying Compounds and Mixtures. Everything is going well until it comes to whether mixtures are homogeneous or heterogeneous. Mixtures can be classified as either homogeneous or heterogeneous, he reads. What? He just can’t get it straight. Help?? Keep reading… Homogeneous means that something is the same throughout. Not only can you not see the different parts of this mixture, but you might not even be able to TELL that it is a mixture because you can’t determine it by looking. This is where the drink mix comes in. Pick an appropriate size container in which to mix the drink powder and water. Have your child fill up the container according to package directions, then add the powder. Explain that he is creating a compound of two substances. Note that before stirring, you can still see the two separate substances. Stir the two substances together. Once the drink mix is completely dissolved, ask your child if t
