Crazy Crystals

Crystal video

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

Borax Crystals time-lapse video

Ratio; 3 Tablespoons Borax per 1/2 cup water

Materials

1)Borax

2)Water

3)peg

4)cup

5)pipe cleaners

Process

Step 1: add water to a cup

Step 2: add borax

Step 3: mix the borax and water

Step 4: Get pipe cleaners

Step 5: Make pipe ckeaners into a star

Step 6: put the peg on the star and put it in the liquid

Sugar Crystals

Sugar crystals video

Ratio: 1 cup sugar to 1/2 cup water

Materials

1)Sugar

2) Water

3) String

4) stick

5) cup

Process

Step 1: Add water to a cup

Step 2: Add the sugar to water

Step 3: Mix

Step 4: Add string to stick

Step 5: put string into liquid

Salt Crystals

Salt crystals time-lapse video

Ratio: 4 Tablespoons salt to 1/2 cup water

Materials

1) Salt

2) Water

3)Cup

4)Stick

5)String

Process

Step 1: Add water in a cup

Step 2: Add salt

Step 3: Mix

Step 4: Add string on a stick

Step 5: Put the string in liquid

Findings

Describe your crystals in the table below.

Crystal Type	Shape (Describe the shape)	Size (of individual crystals)	Hardness (Crumbly to Rock Hard)
Borax	Squares/triangles	Large	Hard
Sugar	Square/rectangle	Small	Hard
Salt	Cube	Medium	Hard

Conclusion: I learnt that they are all different shapes and sizes, and they are all different I also learnt that they are really easy to make. But they didn't quite finish but when I researched that's what I found out.

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How is salt formed
How is sugar formed
How are snowflakes made 

Explain how the following crystals are formed:

Type	Explanation
Salt	While the ocean is full of a lot of salt. mining of salt involves pumping water below the earth's surface to dissolve the salt and create a salt brine. This brine is then pumped to the surface and evaporated to create salt.  Most table salt is made this way.
Sugar	Suger is made by sugar canes, It's processed and gets rid of all the bad stuff. You can also get sugar from sugarbeet. The sugar syrup gets boiled and then cooled.
Snowflakes	It's when water drops down and the air is so cold it freezes and the hydrogen forms a different shape each time.