Vivid video footage and everyday examples help students understand and differentiate mixtures, solutions, elements, and compounds. Additional concepts and terminology: element, pure substance, properties, atoms, molecule, compounds, types of mixtures, suspension, colloid, and alloy.

Originally released by Visual Learning, 2009. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on April 18, 2015. Teacher's guide available under Additional info tag. Also available as DV3532.

Pure Substances: Elements (2:32); --Investigating Compounds (1:53); -- Investigating Mixtures (1:34); -- Types of Mixtures (1:53); -- Solutions in Action (1:49); -- Summing Up (1:08); -- Video Assessment (1:43); -- Credits: Investigating Mixtures, Solutions, Elements, and Compounds (0:40); -- mixtures and solutions M2L5 (5:17);.