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.🛟 Where should you keep the crystal dish while it dries? (a) next to the baby (b) on the edge of a table (c) safe from small children (d) in a busy doorway
- 2.🔮 Predict: crystals grow slowly where nobody disturbs them. How big are they? (a) liquid crystals (b) no crystals (c) bigger crystals (d) smaller crystals
- 3.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 4.🔮 Predict: you cover the dish so no water can escape. What happens? (a) few or no crystals (b) it turns sweet (c) crystals grow faster (d) it fizzes
- 5.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a piece of string (b) a shallow dish (c) warm water (d) a balloon
- 7.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) turmeric powder (b) a mirror (c) a magnet (d) salt
- 8.⚖️ 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 kind of salt (b) sunny or shady place (c) days to see crystals
- 9.🧺 Do we need a shallow dish for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 10.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 11.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a magnet (b) a spoon (c) yeast (d) turmeric powder
- 12.🧂 Does table salt dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 13.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) rusting iron (c) melting butter (d) freezing water
- 14.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) sugar (b) cooking oil (c) sand (d) small pebbles
- 15.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 16.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? What do we do with “days to see crystals”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 17.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 18.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 19.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the amount of water is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) warm water (b) a piece of string (c) a spoon (d) yeast
- 21.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) salt (b) a magnet (c) a spoon (d) a piece of string
- 22.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 23.True or false: sugar dissolves in water. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) food colour (b) sand (c) table salt (d) sugar
- 25.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) folding paper (c) melting ice (d) freezing water
- 26.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 27.⚖️ 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
- 28.True or false: small pebbles does not dissolve in water. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) glucose powder (b) cooking oil (c) table salt (d) sugar
- 30.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a shallow dish (b) turmeric powder (c) a piece of string (d) a spoon
- 31.True or false: sawdust does not dissolve in water. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🧺 Do we need yeast for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 33.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) sugar (b) food colour (c) sand (d) table salt
- 34.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) sand (b) baking soda (c) chalk powder (d) small pebbles
- 35.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a piece of string (b) a battery cell (c) a shallow dish (d) warm water
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) table salt (b) glucose powder (c) baking soda (d) chalk powder
- 37.True or false: freezing water is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 38.⚖️ 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 amount of salt (b) the amount of water (c) the kind of salt (d) sunny or shady place
- 39.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) freezing water (c) baking a cake (d) milk turning to curd
- 40.True or false: rusting iron is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- safe from small children
- bigger crystals
- we keep it the same
- few or no crystals
- True
- a balloon
- salt
- the kind of salt
- needed
- we change it
- a spoon
- dissolves in water
- rusting iron
- sugar
- True
- we measure it
- cannot be undone
- can be undone
- False
- yeast
- a magnet
- cannot be undone
- True
- sand
- cooking an egg
- we keep it the same
- we keep it the same
- True
- cooking oil
- turmeric powder
- True
- not needed
- sand
- baking soda
- a battery cell
- chalk powder
- True
- sunny or shady place
- freezing water
- True
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