Crazy Crystals

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

3)Hot water

4)Stick

5)String

Process

Step 1:Add Hot water

Step 2:Add Borax

Step 3:Mix with Stick for ten minutes

Step 4:Make a star with some wire like shown above

Step 5:Use a peg and clip it to the star

Step 6:Put the star in the water and make sure the pegs not in water with it

Sugar Crystals

Sugar crystals video

Ratio: 1 cup sugar to 1/2 cup water

Materials

1)Sugar

2)Cups

3)Hot water

4)Stick

5)String

Process

Step 1:Add Hot water

Step 2:Add Sugar

Step 3:Mix with stick for ten minutes

Step 4:Get a string and tie it to a ice cream stick

Step 5:Put the string inside the water and the stick at the each end of cups

Step 6: 

Salt Crystals

Salt crystals time lapse video

Ratio: 4 Tablespoons salt to 1/2 cup water

Materials

1)Salt

2)Cups

3)Hot water

4)Stick

5)String

Process

Step 1:Add hot water

Step 2:Add salt

Step 3:Mix with the stick for ten minutes

Step 4:Get a string and tie it to the ice cream stick

Step 5:Put the string inside the water and the end of stick touch both side of cup

Step 6:

Findings

Describe your crystals in the table below.

Crystal Type	Shape (Describe the shape)	Size (of individual crystals)	Hardness (Crumbly to Rock Hard)
Borax	One big crystal	Large, Medium, Small.	Hard
Sugar	Cube	Small	Hard
Salt	Cube	Small	Hard

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	People have a big ocean of salt water and when the water evaporates the salt is found underneath the ground.
Sugar	People pull plants out of the ground and inside of the plant is  sugar and people go through a big process to get the sugar out and ready.
Snowflakes	Snowflakes are formed from dust and when a lot of dust are formed it makes a snowflake but the weather has to be cold and icy for the snowflake to evolve.

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	6	Beta-sulfur Gypsum
Orthombic	7	Alpha-sulphur Cementite
Trigonal	4	Trigonal trapezohedral
Hexagonal	12	hexagonal crystal
Cubic	6	diamond, fluorite
Tetragonal	7	monoclinic limestones