Haylee: Crystals

Thursday, 28 March 2019

Crystals

Aim: To learn about a saturated solution and how to make crystals

Definition of solution:

A liquid mixture, when something is dissolved into a liquid (eg: sugar in water)

Definition of saturated:

Having or holding as much as can be absorbed of something (when no more sugar or borax can be dissolved into the water)

In groups of three you will make three different types of crystals and compare the results.

Borax Crystals

Ratio; 3 Tablespoons Borax per 1/2 cup water

Materials

1)A cup or Glass

2) Pipe cleaner

3)Borax

4)Popsicle Stick

5)string

6) Warm water

7) Spoon

Process

Step 1: We got A cup or glass

Step 2:Put 2 Teaspoons Of borax and 1/2 a cup of Warm Water

Step 3:Add ingredients to the cup Mix it all together with the Popsicle stick

Step 4:Tie Your string to Your Popsicle stick

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Step 6:

Sugar Crystals

Ratio: 1 cup sugar to 1/2 cup water

Materials

Process

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Salt Crystals

Ratio: 4 Tablespoons salt to 1/2 cup water

Materials

Process

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Findings

Describe your crystals in the table below.

Crystal Type	Shape (Describe the shape)	Size (of individual crystals)	Hardness (Crumbly to Rock Hard)
Borax	Star	Small	hard And a bit soft
Sugar	Long	Medium	Hard
Salt

What crystals worked out best and why?:

Conclusion:

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After watching the videos as a class, explain how the following crystals are formed:

Type	Explanation
Salt	How to Make Salt They Get Sea Water And Put that Sea water Into Ponds And then Sun Goes on to the ponds It then Evaporate And The water goes away and then they collect The Salt.
Sugar	Sugar Cane,Cut it up,roll it/Squish,Get The juice,Heat it,Syrup,crystallisation
Snowflakes