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.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 2.⚖️ 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
- 3.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: days to see crystals is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🛟 Who should pour the warm water for the crystal experiment? (a) the youngest child (b) a grown-up (c) nobody needs to (d) a friend who is running
- 5.🧂 What shape are table salt crystals under a magnifying glass? (a) tiny spheres (b) tiny cubes (c) tiny stars (d) tiny triangles
- 6.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 7.🧂 Does cooking oil dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a shallow dish (b) yeast (c) salt (d) a spoon
- 9.True or false: chalk powder does not dissolve in water. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) cooking oil (b) food colour (c) chalk powder (d) sand
- 11.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) dissolving salt (c) baking a cake (d) browning lemon ink
- 12.⚖️ 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
- 13.⚖️ 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) sunny or shady place (c) days to see crystals
- 14.True or false: sand dissolves in water. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 16.🧂 Does table salt dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 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 kind of salt (b) days to see crystals (c) the same dish (d) the amount of salt
- 18.🧂 Does sawdust dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 19.🧂 Does baking soda dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 20.⚖️ 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
- 21.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
- 22.🧂 Does small pebbles dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
- 23.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) table salt (b) sawdust (c) sand (d) cooking oil
- 25.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🧂 Does glucose powder dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
- 27.🧺 Do we need a shallow dish for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 28.⚖️ 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
- 29.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) table salt (b) sawdust (c) sand (d) cooking oil
- 30.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) melting ice (b) cooking an egg (c) rusting iron (d) baking a cake
- 31.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 32.True or false: sugar does not dissolve in water. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a spoon (b) a mirror (c) a magnet (d) a balloon
- 34.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sugar (b) glucose powder (c) chalk powder (d) table salt
- 36.True or false: freezing water is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 38.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) melting butter (c) folding paper (d) freezing water
- 39.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
- 40.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
Answer key
- False
- we keep it the same
- False
- a grown-up
- tiny cubes
- can be undone
- does not dissolve
- yeast
- True
- food colour
- dissolving salt
- False
- the amount of salt
- False
- not needed
- dissolves in water
- days to see crystals
- does not dissolve
- dissolves in water
- False
- False
- does not dissolve
- we keep it the same
- table salt
- False
- dissolves in water
- needed
- we change it
- table salt
- melting ice
- True
- False
- a spoon
- cannot be undone
- chalk powder
- True
- can be undone
- baking a cake
- True
- we keep it the same
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