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 shallow dish (b) a spoon (c) a magnet (d) warm water
- 2.True or false: glucose powder dissolves in water. (a) False (b) True
- 3.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) melting butter (c) rusting iron (d) dissolving salt
- 5.⚖️ 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
- 6.⚖️ 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) sunny or shady place (b) the same dish (c) the amount of salt (d) the amount of water
- 7.🔮 Predict: crystals grow slowly where nobody disturbs them. How big are they? (a) bigger crystals (b) liquid crystals (c) no crystals (d) smaller crystals
- 8.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 9.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 10.🧂 Does sugar dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 11.🧺 Do we need yeast for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 12.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 13.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a balloon (b) warm water (c) turmeric powder (d) a mirror
- 14.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) cooking an egg (c) melting butter (d) folding paper
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking oil (b) sand (c) chalk powder (d) food colour
- 16.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) cooking an egg (c) freezing water (d) browning lemon ink
- 17.⚖️ 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 amount of salt (b) the kind of salt (c) days to see crystals (d) the same dish
- 18.🔮 Predict: you use sugar instead of salt. What happens as it dries? (a) salt crystals form (b) it turns to butter (c) it turns to oil (d) sugar crystals form
- 19.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) turmeric powder (b) a magnet (c) yeast (d) a shallow dish
- 20.🛟 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
- 21.🧺 Do we need a shallow dish for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 22.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a piece of string (b) salt (c) yeast (d) warm water
- 23.🧂 Does sawdust dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 24.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) milk turning to curd (c) baking a cake (d) melting butter
- 25.True or false: cooking oil does not dissolve in water. (a) False (b) True
- 26.⚖️ 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
- 27.🧂 Does table salt dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 28.🧂 Does small pebbles dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a piece of string (b) a mirror (c) warm water (d) a shallow dish
- 30.True or false: folding paper is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) cooking oil (b) food colour (c) small pebbles (d) sand
- 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 salt
- 34.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) sawdust (b) glucose powder (c) sugar (d) table salt
- 35.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) warm water (b) a shallow dish (c) a balloon (d) a spoon
- 36.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) melting butter (c) baking a cake (d) melting ice
- 37.🧂 What shape are table salt crystals under a magnifying glass? (a) tiny spheres (b) tiny stars (c) tiny triangles (d) tiny cubes
- 38.🧂 Does cooking oil dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
- 39.🛟 Where should you keep the crystal dish while it dries? (a) in a busy doorway (b) next to the baby (c) on the edge of a table (d) safe from small children
- 40.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) sand (b) chalk powder (c) small pebbles (d) baking soda
Answer key
- a magnet
- True
- False
- rusting iron
- True
- sunny or shady place
- bigger crystals
- can be undone
- we measure it
- dissolves in water
- not needed
- cannot be undone
- warm water
- cooking an egg
- food colour
- freezing water
- days to see crystals
- sugar crystals form
- a shallow dish
- a grown-up
- needed
- yeast
- does not dissolve
- melting butter
- True
- True
- dissolves in water
- does not dissolve
- a mirror
- True
- False
- food colour
- the amount of salt
- sawdust
- a balloon
- baking a cake
- tiny cubes
- does not dissolve
- safe from small children
- baking soda
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