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

Ratio; 3 Tablespoons Borax per 1/2 cup water

Materials

1)tablespoons

2)cup

3)pipe cleaner

4)borax

5)popsaskill stick
6)string
7)war water

Process

Step 1:get materials

Step 2: put 3 table spoons in the cup and 1/2 cups water

Step 3:add them to a cup

Step 4:mix it together

Step 5:add your posterior stick

Step 6: make a star out of the pipecleaner tie this to the string
step 7:put your star into the borax and water solution

Sugar Crystals

Ratio: 1 cup sugar to 1/2 cup water

Materials

1)4 spoons of sugar

2)string

3)cup

4)warm water

5)Popsicle stick

Process

Step 1:get your cup

Step 2:measure 4 table spoons of sugar into your cup

Step 3:add a half cup of warm water to your sugar

Step 4:ix it with the Popsicle stick

Step 5:tie a string to the middle of the Popsicle stick

Step 6:dip the string into the solution rest the stick across the cup

Salt Crystals

Ratio: 4 Tablespoons salt to 1/2 cup water

Materials

1)salt

2)Popsicle stick

3)warm water

4)string 

5)cup

Process

Step 1:grab a cup

Step 2:put 4 table spoons of salt in the cup

Step 3:add warm water to your salt

Step 4:mix the soulion

Step 5:tie string to popscial stick 

Step 6:dip the string into the solution rest the stick  across to the cup

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 box	medium	crumble
Sugar	don't have	don't have	don't have
Salt	a tiny tiny tiny thin straw	tiny	firm and as hard a rock

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	salt is made by sea water put into a pond then the sun. then it gets evaporate into salt
Sugar	sugar cane renewable cut it up roll it get juice heat it syrup crystallization
Snowflakes

CRYSTAL TYPES

AIM: TO LOOK AT THE 7 DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRYSTALS

Salt Crystals

Sugar Crystals

Borax Crystals

7 different crystal shapes

The 7 types of crystals

Type	Number of sides	2 examples	Image
Triclinic	7	Turquoise Rhodonite
Monoclinic	10	a diamond coffin
Orthombic	6	a brick  a line
Trigonal	10	coffin weird object
Hexagonal	6	two circles a bit of a clock tower
Cubic	6	a dice a rub ix cube
Tetragonal

12	two roof house