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