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Brief introduction (with diagrams) to dissolving, introducing the key words soluble, insoluble and solution.

A fun activity to help children at 1st Level in Scotland learn about dissolving.

Drag and drop to see what dissolves

The MI High team from CBBC join Bitesize to play a Science changes in materials game.

Short description and related experiment to try at home. A rich useful site designed for slightly younger children. Pity that the image bank and web links pages are empty! Ask students to also try the quiz.

Page of links to worksheets covering topics including; solids, liquids, gases, dissolving and not dissolving, reversible and non-reversible chages and the changing states of water. Ideas for classroom activities are included on the worksheets.

Clear and easy for students to use. Activity on sand, sugar, coffee, salt and flour and their solubility in water. Follow up quiz on what they have observed. Requires Flash.

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