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? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) days to see crystals (b) the kind of salt (c) the same dish (d) sunny or shady place
- 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) warm water (c) salt (d) a piece of string
- 3.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the amount of water is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: food colour dissolves in water. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) salt (c) warm water (d) a spoon
- 6.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) melting ice (c) folding paper (d) freezing water
- 7.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 8.🔮 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
- 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a shallow dish (b) warm water (c) a spoon (d) yeast
- 10.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 11.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
- 12.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) salt (b) turmeric powder (c) yeast (d) a magnet
- 13.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) chalk powder (b) glucose powder (c) baking soda (d) table salt
- 14.True or false: a battery cell is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🔮 Predict: crystals grow slowly where nobody disturbs them. How big are they? (a) smaller crystals (b) bigger crystals (c) liquid crystals (d) no crystals
- 16.True or false: table salt does not dissolve in water. (a) True (b) False
- 17.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the same dish is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) milk turning to curd (c) folding paper (d) freezing water
- 19.🧺 Do we need a shallow dish for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 20.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a piece of string (b) a magnet (c) salt (d) warm water
- 21.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) chalk powder (b) cooking oil (c) sand (d) baking soda
- 22.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (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? True or false: days to see crystals is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) milk turning to curd (c) melting butter (d) browning lemon ink
- 25.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) cooking an egg (c) melting ice (d) freezing water
- 26.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) baking a cake (c) melting butter (d) folding paper
- 27.🧂 Does cooking oil dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
- 28.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 29.True or false: glucose powder dissolves in water. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: baking soda does not dissolve in water. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 32.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 35.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? Which of these is what we measure? (a) sunny or shady place (b) the amount of water (c) days to see crystals (d) the amount of salt
- 36.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 37.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a spoon (b) a shallow dish (c) a mirror (d) a piece of string
- 38.🔮 Predict: you cover the dish so no water can escape. What happens? (a) few or no crystals (b) it turns sweet (c) crystals grow faster (d) it fizzes
- 39.⚖️ 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 measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 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 measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
Answer key
- sunny or shady place
- turmeric powder
- False
- True
- a magnet
- rusting iron
- can be undone
- sugar crystals form
- yeast
- not needed
- True
- salt
- chalk powder
- False
- bigger crystals
- False
- True
- milk turning to curd
- needed
- a magnet
- baking soda
- cannot be undone
- False
- melting butter
- cooking an egg
- baking a cake
- does not dissolve
- not needed
- True
- False
- cannot be undone
- True
- False
- can be undone
- days to see crystals
- we keep it the same
- a mirror
- few or no crystals
- we keep it the same
- we keep it the same
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