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 of these is a change that can be undone? (a) freezing water (b) browning lemon ink (c) baking a cake (d) cooking an egg
- 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a piece of string (c) warm water (d) salt
- 3.True or false: salt is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a spoon (b) salt (c) a piece of string (d) turmeric powder
- 5.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a balloon (b) a magnet (c) a spoon (d) turmeric powder
- 6.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) chalk powder (b) sawdust (c) sugar (d) cooking oil
- 7.True or false: a battery cell is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
- 8.True or false: warm water is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 9.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a mirror (b) a battery cell (c) warm water (d) a balloon
- 11.🧺 Do we need warm water for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 12.🧂 Why do crystals appear as the dish dries? (a) salt grows roots (b) salt eats water (c) the dish melts (d) water evaporates
- 13.🧺 Do we need a mirror for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 14.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: a shallow dish is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
- 17.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we measure 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 kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 19.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
- 20.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a shallow dish (b) warm water (c) turmeric powder (d) salt
- 21.🧺 Do we need a spoon for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 22.True or false: a magnet is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a spoon (b) a shallow dish (c) salt (d) a balloon
- 24.True or false: a piece of string is needed for growing salt crystals. (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 “the kind of salt”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 26.🔮 Predict: you use sugar instead of salt. What happens as it dries? (a) sugar crystals form (b) salt crystals form (c) it turns to oil (d) it turns to butter
- 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) warm water (b) a battery cell (c) salt (d) a shallow dish
- 28.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🧺 Do we need a piece of string for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 30.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 31.⚖️ 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
- 32.🔮 Predict: crystals grow slowly where nobody disturbs them. How big are they? (a) smaller crystals (b) liquid crystals (c) bigger crystals (d) no crystals
- 33.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a piece of string (b) turmeric powder (c) a mirror (d) a battery cell
- 34.True or false: chalk powder dissolves in water. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: sawdust does not dissolve in water. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) dissolving salt (c) milk turning to curd (d) browning lemon ink
- 37.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: days to see crystals is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 38.⚖️ 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
- 39.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 40.⚖️ 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
Answer key
- freezing water
- a mirror
- True
- turmeric powder
- a spoon
- sugar
- False
- True
- True
- warm water
- needed
- water evaporates
- not needed
- True
- False
- False
- we keep it the same
- True
- False
- turmeric powder
- needed
- True
- a balloon
- True
- we keep it the same
- sugar crystals form
- a battery cell
- False
- needed
- True
- the amount of salt
- bigger crystals
- a piece of string
- False
- True
- dissolving salt
- False
- we change it
- can be undone
- we keep it the same
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