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