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