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 “the same dish”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 2.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) sand (b) glucose powder (c) sawdust (d) cooking oil
- 3.🧺 Do we need a shallow dish for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 4.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
- 5.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the amount of water (b) the kind of salt (c) days to see crystals (d) sunny or shady place
- 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) the same dish (b) days to see crystals (c) sunny or shady place
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) glucose powder (b) baking soda (c) food colour (d) cooking oil
- 8.⚖️ 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) sunny or shady place (b) the kind of salt (c) days to see crystals (d) the amount of water
- 9.🔮 Predict: you use sugar instead of salt. What happens as it dries? (a) it turns to butter (b) salt crystals form (c) it turns to oil (d) sugar crystals form
- 10.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) yeast (b) a mirror (c) salt (d) a magnet
- 11.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) salt (c) a shallow dish (d) a spoon
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking oil (b) sand (c) food colour (d) sawdust
- 13.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) cooking an egg (c) melting ice (d) dissolving salt
- 14.True or false: melting ice is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: table salt does not dissolve in water. (a) True (b) False
- 16.📘 What do we call a solution that cannot dissolve any more salt? (a) empty (b) saturated (c) frozen (d) magnetic
- 17.🛟 Where should you keep the crystal dish while it dries? (a) safe from small children (b) next to the baby (c) on the edge of a table (d) in a busy doorway
- 18.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) salt (b) a spoon (c) warm water (d) a balloon
- 19.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the kind of salt is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🛟 Who should pour the warm water for the crystal experiment? (a) the youngest child (b) a friend who is running (c) nobody needs to (d) a grown-up
- 21.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 22.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a spoon (b) a shallow dish (c) a magnet (d) warm water
- 23.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 24.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) table salt (b) sugar (c) baking soda (d) small pebbles
- 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a shallow dish (b) a balloon (c) warm water (d) salt
- 27.🧺 Do we need a mirror for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 28.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) table salt (b) sawdust (c) sand (d) chalk powder
- 29.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 30.🧂 Does food colour dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 31.True or false: freezing water is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: warm water is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🧺 Do we need a spoon for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 34.True or false: melting butter is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 35.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 36.True or false: glucose powder does not dissolve in water. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) salt (b) a shallow dish (c) turmeric powder (d) a piece of string
- 38.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) sand (b) glucose powder (c) table salt (d) sugar
- 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 salt”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 40.⚖️ 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
Answer key
- we keep it the same
- glucose powder
- needed
- True
- days to see crystals
- the same dish
- cooking oil
- sunny or shady place
- sugar crystals form
- salt
- a mirror
- food colour
- cooking an egg
- True
- False
- saturated
- safe from small children
- a balloon
- False
- a grown-up
- cannot be undone
- a magnet
- can be undone
- False
- small pebbles
- a balloon
- not needed
- table salt
- not needed
- dissolves in water
- True
- True
- needed
- False
- we keep it the same
- False
- turmeric powder
- sand
- we keep it the same
- the amount of salt
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