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.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we measure it
- 2.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 3.🧂 Does sawdust dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
- 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a piece of string (b) warm water (c) a mirror (d) a spoon
- 5.🔮 Predict: you cover the dish so no water can escape. What happens? (a) it fizzes (b) it turns sweet (c) few or no crystals (d) crystals grow faster
- 6.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) salt (b) warm water (c) a shallow dish (d) a balloon
- 7.⚖️ 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 amount of water (b) the same dish (c) sunny or shady place (d) days to see crystals
- 8.True or false: yeast is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🧂 Does sand dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
- 10.⚖️ 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 same dish (b) days to see crystals (c) sunny or shady place
- 11.🧂 Does sugar dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 12.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a balloon (b) a piece of string (c) yeast (d) a mirror
- 13.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) milk turning to curd (c) cooking an egg (d) melting ice
- 14.🧂 Does table salt dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
- 15.🔮 Predict: you use sugar instead of salt. What happens as it dries? (a) sugar crystals form (b) it turns to butter (c) salt crystals form (d) it turns to oil
- 16.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the same dish is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🧂 Why do crystals appear as the dish dries? (a) salt eats water (b) water evaporates (c) the dish melts (d) salt grows roots
- 18.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) dissolving salt (c) cooking an egg (d) folding paper
- 19.🛟 Where should you keep the crystal dish while it dries? (a) on the edge of a table (b) next to the baby (c) in a busy doorway (d) safe from small children
- 20.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 21.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: small pebbles dissolves in water. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a mirror (b) yeast (c) a magnet (d) a spoon
- 25.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) milk turning to curd (c) rusting iron (d) folding paper
- 26.🧺 Do we need yeast for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 27.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 28.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) glucose powder (b) sand (c) sugar (d) table salt
- 29.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 30.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a balloon (b) turmeric powder (c) a shallow dish (d) a battery cell
- 31.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🧂 Does baking soda dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 33.True or false: sawdust dissolves in water. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) baking soda (b) cooking oil (c) table salt (d) sugar
- 35.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 36.🧂 Does glucose powder dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chalk powder (b) cooking oil (c) sawdust (d) food colour
- 38.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🧂 Why do we stir in salt until no more will dissolve? (a) to make it fizz (b) to change its colour (c) to cool the water (d) to make it very salty
- 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 measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
Answer key
- we change it
- can be undone
- does not dissolve
- a mirror
- few or no crystals
- a balloon
- sunny or shady place
- True
- does not dissolve
- the same dish
- dissolves in water
- a piece of string
- melting ice
- dissolves in water
- sugar crystals form
- False
- water evaporates
- cooking an egg
- safe from small children
- not needed
- True
- False
- True
- a spoon
- folding paper
- not needed
- we keep it the same
- sand
- we keep it the same
- a shallow dish
- False
- dissolves in water
- False
- cooking oil
- we measure it
- dissolves in water
- food colour
- True
- to make it very salty
- we keep it the same
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