Salt Crystal Experiment Worksheet
What you do (Dry out, crystals in): 1. An adult pours warm water into a cup. 2. Stir in salt, a spoon at a time, until no more dissolves. 3. Pour the salty water into a shallow dish and lay a string in it. 4. Leave it on a sunny windowsill, out of reach of small children, and check each day.
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- 1.True or false: glucose powder does not dissolve in water. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) chalk powder (b) baking soda (c) sawdust (d) sand
- 3.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 4.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the same dish is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🧂 What shape are table salt crystals under a magnifying glass? (a) tiny triangles (b) tiny spheres (c) tiny cubes (d) tiny stars
- 6.🛟 Who should pour the warm water for the crystal experiment? (a) nobody needs to (b) the youngest child (c) a grown-up (d) a friend who is running
- 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) a spoon (c) salt (d) warm water
- 8.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? What do we do with “the amount of salt”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 9.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the same dish is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 10.True or false: table salt does not dissolve in water. (a) True (b) False
- 11.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: sunny or shady place is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 12.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the same dish (b) the amount of water (c) the amount of salt (d) sunny or shady place
- 13.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) food colour (b) small pebbles (c) table salt (d) sugar
- 14.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) sand (b) glucose powder (c) baking soda (d) table salt
- 15.True or false: chalk powder does not dissolve in water. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: yeast is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) salt (c) warm water (d) a spoon
- 18.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) cooking an egg (c) melting ice (d) milk turning to curd
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking oil (b) table salt (c) sawdust (d) small pebbles
- 21.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: a balloon is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 24.🧂 Does sand dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
- 25.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) sawdust (b) baking soda (c) food colour (d) sugar
- 26.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? What do we do with “the same dish”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 27.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the amount of water is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🧂 Does baking soda dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 29.🧺 Do we need a spoon for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 30.🛟 Where should you keep the crystal dish while it dries? (a) on the edge of a table (b) in a busy doorway (c) next to the baby (d) safe from small children
- 31.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: days to see crystals is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) cooking oil (b) table salt (c) sand (d) small pebbles
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) food colour (b) sand (c) table salt (d) glucose powder
- 34.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the amount of salt is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: a spoon is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 36.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: sunny or shady place is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: baking soda does not dissolve in water. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 39.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) melting butter (c) browning lemon ink (d) baking a cake
- 40.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a piece of string (b) warm water (c) a spoon (d) yeast
Answer key
- False
- baking soda
- True
- False
- tiny cubes
- a grown-up
- a balloon
- we keep it the same
- True
- False
- False
- sunny or shady place
- small pebbles
- sand
- True
- False
- a magnet
- False
- melting ice
- table salt
- False
- False
- can be undone
- does not dissolve
- sawdust
- we keep it the same
- True
- dissolves in water
- needed
- safe from small children
- True
- table salt
- sand
- False
- False
- True
- False
- cannot be undone
- melting butter
- yeast
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