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 dissolves in water? (a) chalk powder (b) sand (c) small pebbles (d) sugar
- 2.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 3.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) melting ice (c) browning lemon ink (d) milk turning to curd
- 4.True or false: cooking oil does not dissolve in water. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a mirror (b) a battery cell (c) warm water (d) turmeric powder
- 6.True or false: sand dissolves in water. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🔮 Predict: you cover the dish so no water can escape. What happens? (a) it fizzes (b) it turns sweet (c) crystals grow faster (d) few or no crystals
- 8.⚖️ 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
- 9.🛟 Where should you keep the crystal dish while it dries? (a) in a busy doorway (b) on the edge of a table (c) next to the baby (d) safe from small children
- 10.True or false: sugar does not dissolve in water. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) table salt (b) small pebbles (c) food colour (d) glucose powder
- 12.True or false: freezing water is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) warm water (b) a piece of string (c) salt (d) a balloon
- 14.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) glucose powder (b) chalk powder (c) sawdust (d) cooking oil
- 15.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) sand (b) sawdust (c) baking soda (d) small pebbles
- 17.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 18.⚖️ 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 measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 19.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) salt (b) a spoon (c) warm water (d) a mirror
- 20.🧂 What shape are table salt crystals under a magnifying glass? (a) tiny spheres (b) tiny cubes (c) tiny stars (d) tiny triangles
- 21.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) warm water (b) a magnet (c) a spoon (d) a piece of string
- 22.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 23.⚖️ 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) days to see crystals (c) sunny or shady place
- 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a shallow dish (b) a piece of string (c) a mirror (d) a spoon
- 25.True or false: cooking oil dissolves in water. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) browning lemon ink (c) melting butter (d) folding paper
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sugar (b) cooking oil (c) food colour (d) table salt
- 28.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 30.⚖️ 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
- 31.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) sawdust (b) sand (c) table salt (d) chalk powder
- 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) a piece of string (c) warm water (d) salt
- 33.⚖️ 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
- 34.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) melting butter (b) milk turning to curd (c) baking a cake (d) rusting iron
- 35.True or false: small pebbles dissolves in water. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🌊 How is salt made in salt pans by the sea? (a) sea water evaporates (b) salt rains down (c) sand is ground up (d) fish make it
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) food colour (b) table salt (c) glucose powder (d) chalk powder
- 38.⚖️ 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
- 39.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 40.🧂 Does sand dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
Answer key
- sugar
- cannot be undone
- melting ice
- True
- warm water
- False
- few or no crystals
- we measure it
- safe from small children
- False
- small pebbles
- True
- a balloon
- glucose powder
- False
- baking soda
- can be undone
- we keep it the same
- a mirror
- tiny cubes
- a magnet
- can be undone
- the amount of salt
- a mirror
- False
- browning lemon ink
- cooking oil
- False
- cannot be undone
- False
- table salt
- a battery cell
- True
- melting butter
- False
- sea water evaporates
- chalk powder
- True
- we change it
- does not dissolve
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