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.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 2.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) chalk powder (b) cooking oil (c) sugar (d) small pebbles
- 3.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 4.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
- 5.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? What do we do with “sunny or shady place”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 6.🧺 Do we need a shallow dish for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 7.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the kind of salt is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🧂 Does glucose powder dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
- 9.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 10.True or false: a shallow dish is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) turmeric powder (b) a battery cell (c) a piece of string (d) a balloon
- 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a shallow dish (b) a spoon (c) salt (d) a mirror
- 13.⚖️ 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 measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) food colour (b) chalk powder (c) sugar (d) glucose powder
- 15.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: a mirror is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) glucose powder (b) cooking oil (c) sawdust (d) chalk powder
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) glucose powder (b) sawdust (c) small pebbles (d) chalk powder
- 19.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? What do we do with “the kind of salt”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 20.🧂 Does chalk powder dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 21.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: sunny or shady place is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔮 Predict: you use sugar instead of salt. What happens as it dries? (a) it turns to oil (b) salt crystals form (c) sugar crystals form (d) it turns to butter
- 23.⚖️ 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) sunny or shady place (b) the amount of water (c) the amount of salt (d) days to see crystals
- 24.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the same dish (b) days to see crystals (c) sunny or shady place
- 25.🧂 Does sawdust dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
- 26.🛟 Where should you keep the crystal dish while it dries? (a) safe from small children (b) on the edge of a table (c) next to the baby (d) in a busy doorway
- 27.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) salt (b) a shallow dish (c) warm water (d) turmeric powder
- 28.⚖️ 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
- 29.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) milk turning to curd (c) melting ice (d) baking a cake
- 30.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) turmeric powder (b) a shallow dish (c) a battery cell (d) a mirror
- 31.🧺 Do we need a magnet for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 32.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) dissolving salt (c) freezing water (d) folding paper
- 33.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) dissolving salt (c) rusting iron (d) freezing water
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) food colour (b) cooking oil (c) table salt (d) sugar
- 35.True or false: salt is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
- 36.⚖️ 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 measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 37.True or false: a magnet is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) warm water (b) a battery cell (c) a spoon (d) a piece of string
- 39.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the amount of water (b) sunny or shady place (c) the amount of salt (d) days to see crystals
- 40.True or false: melting ice is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- can be undone
- sugar
- can be undone
- True
- we change it
- needed
- False
- dissolves in water
- cannot be undone
- False
- a piece of string
- a mirror
- we keep it the same
- chalk powder
- False
- False
- glucose powder
- glucose powder
- we keep it the same
- does not dissolve
- False
- sugar crystals form
- sunny or shady place
- the same dish
- does not dissolve
- safe from small children
- turmeric powder
- True
- melting ice
- a shallow dish
- not needed
- milk turning to curd
- rusting iron
- cooking oil
- True
- we keep it the same
- False
- a battery cell
- days to see crystals
- False
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