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