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