Crazy Crystals

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

Definition of solution: 

The meaning of solution is fixing a problem by solving it or dealing with a difficult situation.

Definition of saturated: 

The meaning of saturated is when something can't hold anymore liquid for example when it is raining and your very wet and water starts dripping that's because your clothes can't hold anymore water. 

Borax Crystals

Materials

1) 1/2 cup of hot water

2) 2 teaspoons of borax

3) 1 peg

4) 3 pipe cleaners

Process

Step 1: Put 1/2 cup of hot water in your cup 

Step 2: put 2 teaspoons of borax in your cup but not at once ( mix your 1st teaspoon of borax softly until it is saturated then put the 2nd teaspoon of borax in the cup and make sure that it is all saturated.)

Step 3: get 1 peg (any type of peg.)

Step 4: get 3 pipe cleaners (small pipe cleaners.)

Step 5: make a star with your 3 pipe cleaners.

Step 6: dip your star in the cup and leave it for about 2 days.

Sugar Crystals

Materials

1) 8 Teaspoons Of Sugar 

2) 1/2 Cup Of Hot Water 

3) 1 Brown Pipe Cleaner

4) 1 Peg 

5) 1 Spoon 

6) 1 cup

Process

Step 1:Get 2 Teaspoons Of Sugar And Add It To A Cup 

Step 2: Add 1/2 Cup Of Hot Water To The Cup With The Sugar 

Step 3: Mix The Sugar And and hot water until it has dissolved 

Step 4: Get 1 Pipe Cleaner And A Peg And Put The Pipe Cleaner In The Peg 

Step 5: Put The Pipe Cleaner In The Water With Sugar

Step 6: Leave For 2 Days

Step 7: You Now Have Sugar Crystals

Salt Crystals

Materials

1) 2 Teaspoons Of Salt

2) 1 Pipe Cleaner

3) 1 Peg

4) Hot Water

5) 1 Spoon

6) 1/2 Cup

Process

Step 1: Get 2 Teaspoons Of Salt And Put It In A Cup

Step 2: Add Hot Water it the cup with the salt in it

Step 3: Mix The Water And Salt Until It Has Dissolved

Step 4:  Put The Pipe Cleaner In A Peg

Step 5: Put The Pipe Cleaner And Peg In The Cup

Step 6: Leave For 2 Days

Step 7: You Now Have Salt Crystals

Findings

Describe your crystals in the table below.

Crystal Type	Shape (Describe the shape)	Size (of individual crystals)	Hardness (Crumbly to Rock Hard)
Borax	A star	Small but large at the same time	hard , tough and crumbly
Sugar	A stick	long and thin	soft and no crystals because it didn't form
Salt	A stick	long and thin	little bit soft and little bit hard because only a little bit formed

What crystals worked out best and why?: 

The best one out of all of them was the borax because we put enough borax in the water but with the others we didn't put much.