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: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 2.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 3.🧺 Do we need a shallow dish for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 4.True or false: baking soda dissolves in water. (a) True (b) False
- 5.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the amount of salt is the one thing we change. (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 kept the same? (a) days to see crystals (b) sunny or shady place (c) the amount of salt
- 7.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) food colour (b) glucose powder (c) table salt (d) cooking oil
- 9.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) sand (b) baking soda (c) chalk powder (d) sawdust
- 10.🧂 Does table salt dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
- 11.True or false: melting ice is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) turmeric powder (b) yeast (c) a battery cell (d) a piece of string
- 13.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) chalk powder (b) sand (c) food colour (d) cooking oil
- 14.🔮 Predict: you use sugar instead of salt. What happens as it dries? (a) it turns to oil (b) sugar crystals form (c) it turns to butter (d) salt crystals form
- 15.⚖️ 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) the same dish (b) the amount of water (c) the amount of salt (d) sunny or shady place
- 16.True or false: a balloon is 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 “sunny or shady place”? (a) we measure it (b) we change 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 amount of water is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: salt is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) turmeric powder (b) a magnet (c) a battery cell (d) a shallow dish
- 21.🧺 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) salt
- 22.True or false: freezing water is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) sand (b) sugar (c) small pebbles (d) chalk powder
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sawdust (b) sugar (c) sand (d) chalk powder
- 25.🧂 What shape are table salt crystals under a magnifying glass? (a) tiny triangles (b) tiny spheres (c) tiny stars (d) tiny cubes
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking oil (b) chalk powder (c) sand (d) table salt
- 27.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the amount of water is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 29.True or false: baking soda does not dissolve in water. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🧺 Do we need a balloon for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 31.🌊 How is salt made in salt pans by the sea? (a) sand is ground up (b) salt rains down (c) fish make it (d) sea water evaporates
- 32.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 33.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) salt (b) a mirror (c) a spoon (d) a piece of string
- 34.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 35.⚖️ 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
- 36.🧂 Does sawdust dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 37.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) salt (b) a magnet (c) a shallow dish (d) a spoon
- 38.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) salt (b) warm water (c) a piece of string (d) a magnet
- 39.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) salt (b) a spoon (c) a battery cell (d) a shallow dish
- 40.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) warm water (b) yeast (c) salt (d) a spoon
Answer key
- can be undone
- we keep it the same
- needed
- True
- False
- the amount of salt
- cannot be undone
- cooking oil
- baking soda
- dissolves in water
- True
- a piece of string
- food colour
- sugar crystals form
- sunny or shady place
- False
- we change it
- True
- True
- a shallow dish
- a balloon
- True
- sugar
- sugar
- tiny cubes
- table salt
- False
- not needed
- False
- not needed
- sea water evaporates
- can be undone
- a mirror
- False
- False
- does not dissolve
- a magnet
- a magnet
- a battery cell
- yeast
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