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