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