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