Crazy 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

Materials

1. Borax

2. plastic cup 

3. plastic spoon

4. 3 pipe cleaners

5. warm water

6. peg

Process

Step 1. My teammate mixed the borax with the water.

Step 2.  Then I mixed the borax with the warm water.

Step 3. 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

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Sugar Crystals

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Salt Crystals

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Findings

Describe your crystals in the table below.

What crystals worked out best and why?:

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

Materials

1) borax

2) plastic cup

3) plastic spoon

4) 3 pipe cleaners

5) warm water

6) peg

Process

Step 1: As a team we all went up and got 3 pipe cleaners,plastic cup with water in it and then we all got all the ingredients and then with the plastic spoon we all took turns to mix. 

Step 2:  Then I did the pipe cleaners into stars and then I put the peg onto one of the pipe cleaners,then shontelle got a paper and write our names into it.

Step 3: Then me,shontelle and Evelyn mixed more.  

Step 4:Then shontelle write borax crystallising onto the plastic cup

Step 5:Then we write our names onto a paper and then we drawled a cup with a spoon into it and borax

Step 6: then we put  up the paper and cup up to the trolley and then we had to do the sugar one. 

Sugar Crystals

Materials

1) plastic cup 

2) sugar

3) 1 pipe cleaner

4) plastic spoon

5)[people 

Process

Step 1: shontelle went up and went to go get sugar and a plastic cup then we mixed it

Step 2: we took turns to mix and then Evelyn had a bleeding nose so we only had 2 people but then I mixed the sugar into the warm water and then Mr Palmer bran some more sugar

Step 3: Then shontelle mixed and then Mr Palmer bran some more sugar then Evelyn come back and mixed the water with the sugar.

Step 4: Then I mixed and then we were finished and then Mr Palmer put more sugar into it  

Step 5: Then we all took turns to mix.

Step 6: then it was time to move onto the salt crystals

Salt Crystals

Materials

1) plastic cup

2) plastic spoon

3) warm water 

4) salt 

5) 1 peg

Process

Step 1: as a group we all went up to the teacher and got salt with water into the plastic cup.

Step 2: Then we all took turns to mix the salt with the water 

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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	Our Borax crystal solved and the only bottom half only solved.	No sizing.	Hard.
Sugar	Our sugar crystal didn't form into a shape.	No sizing.	soft.
Salt	Our salt crystals

Sugar crystal result-2 photo's

What crystals worked out the best and why?


Borax crystal result-2 photo's




Salt crystal result-2 photo's

Salt Crystals

Salt Crystals

Sugar Crystals

Borax Crystals

7 different crystal shapes

The 7 types of crystals

Type	number of sides	example	image
Triclinic Definition:	14 sides
Monoclinic Definition:	12 sides
Orthombic Definition:	7 sides
Trigonal Definition:	16 sides
Hexagonal Definition:	11 sides
Cubic Definition:	8 sides
Tetragonal Definition:	10 sides

Explain how the following crystals are formed?

Type
Salt
Sugar
Snowflakes