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 piece of string (b) salt (c) a battery cell (d) a shallow dish
- 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.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? What do we do with “the amount of water”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 4.🧂 Does food colour dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 5.🛟 Who should pour the warm water for the crystal experiment? (a) a friend who is running (b) a grown-up (c) the youngest child (d) nobody needs to
- 6.True or false: yeast is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) baking a cake (c) cooking an egg (d) melting ice
- 8.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) table salt (b) chalk powder (c) sawdust (d) sand
- 9.🧺 Do we need warm water for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 10.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a piece of string (c) salt (d) a shallow dish
- 11.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
- 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a shallow dish (b) turmeric powder (c) salt (d) a spoon
- 13.⚖️ 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
- 14.True or false: sand does not dissolve in water. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 16.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) sugar (b) table salt (c) food colour (d) sand
- 17.⚖️ 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
- 18.⚖️ 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
- 19.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
- 20.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
- 21.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) dissolving salt (c) rusting iron (d) milk turning to curd
- 22.🛟 Where should you keep the crystal dish while it dries? (a) next to the baby (b) in a busy doorway (c) on the edge of a table (d) safe from small children
- 23.🧺 Do we need a piece of string for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 24.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) yeast (b) turmeric powder (c) a shallow dish (d) a battery cell
- 25.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) turmeric powder (b) warm water (c) a magnet (d) a balloon
- 26.🔮 Predict: you use sugar instead of salt. What happens as it dries? (a) it turns to butter (b) sugar crystals form (c) salt crystals form (d) it turns to oil
- 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) salt (b) a spoon (c) warm water (d) a magnet
- 28.⚖️ 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
- 29.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) table salt (b) glucose powder (c) sugar (d) sawdust
- 31.True or false: a piece of string is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) food colour (b) sugar (c) table salt (d) chalk powder
- 33.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a magnet (b) a mirror (c) yeast (d) a spoon
- 34.True or false: a spoon is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: yeast is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) turmeric powder (b) a magnet (c) a piece of string (d) a mirror
- 37.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 38.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 39.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? Which of these is kept the same? (a) sunny or shady place (b) the amount of salt (c) days to see crystals
- 40.True or false: a shallow dish is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- a battery cell
- False
- we keep it the same
- dissolves in water
- a grown-up
- True
- melting ice
- table salt
- needed
- a mirror
- True
- turmeric powder
- we keep it the same
- True
- not needed
- sand
- we measure it
- False
- we change it
- False
- dissolving salt
- safe from small children
- needed
- a shallow dish
- warm water
- sugar crystals form
- a magnet
- True
- True
- sawdust
- False
- chalk powder
- a spoon
- True
- False
- a piece of string
- can be undone
- not needed
- the amount of salt
- True
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