Hurumanu - Crazy Crystals

Hello everyone today in our science we are doing an experiment about how to make crystals using borax, salt, and sugar.

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)

Borax Crystals

Borax Crystals time-lapse video

Ratio; 3 Tablespoons Borax per 1/2 cup water

Materials

1)Borax 

2)string 

3)cups

4)pegs

5)pipe cleaner 3×

Process

Step 1: Get your cup 

Step 2: Put 3 tablespoon of borax 

Step 3: Put 1/2 cup of water 

Step 4: Mix it within 5 to 10 minutes 

Step 5: Shape pipe cleaner into star shapes             

Step 6: Hang star on peg

Sugar Crystals

Sugar crystals video

Ratio: 1 cup sugar to 1/2 cup water

Materials

1)sugar

2)string

3)stick

4)cup 

5)pipe cleaner 

6)warm water 

Process

Step 1: Get your cup 

Step 2: Put 1 cup of white sugar 

Step 3:  Put 1/2 cup of water 

Step 4: Mix white sugar and water for 5 to 10 minutes 

Step 5: Get stick and string 

Step 6: Tie the string on to the stick 

Salt Crystals

Salt crystals time lapse video

Ratio: 4 Tablespoons salt to 1/2 cup water

Materials

1)salt

2)pipe cleaner 

3)stick

4)string 

5)cups 

Process

Step 1: Get your cup

Step 2: Put 4 tablespoon of salt 

Step 3: Put 1/2 cup of water 

Step 4: Mix salt and water for 5 - 10 minutes

Step 5: Get the mixing stick and string 

Step 6: Tie the string to the stick
Step 7: Put the stick with the string onto the water with salt 

Findings

Describe your crystals in the table below.

Crystal Type	Shape (Describe the shape)	Size (of individual crystals)	Hardness (Crumbly to Rock Hard)
Borax	Cube	Small	Medium
Sugar	Cube	Small	Medium
Salt	Cub4	Small	Hard

What crystals worked out best and why?: The crystal worked out the best is the salt. Because it make make crystal very fast and it has a lot of crystal from the string until the stick



Conclusion:The salt worked out very well it has a lot of crystal on it. The borax had crystal on it but not very much. The sugar had no crystal on it 

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Type	Explanation
Salt	It is typically formed by the evaporation of salty water which contains  One finds rock salt deposits ringing dry lake beds, inland marginal seas, and enclosed bays and estuaries in arid regions of the world.
Sugar	All green plants produce sugars. They create a simple form of sugar (glucose) as their food, through absorbing water and minerals from the soil through their roots and carbon dioxide through their leaves. If a plant makes more food than it requires, it stores it, and this excess glucose is turned into sugar.
Snowflakes	Snowflakes come from water. Once the water evaporates it will turn into a cloud. After a few hours of evaporation, the clouds will be heavy and it will rain. If the weather is so cold the droplets from the rain will transform 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	6	Beta-sulfur Gypsum
Orthorhombic	4	Cerussite Aragonite
Trigonal	8	scalenohedral crystal
Hexagonal	6	emerald
Cubic	4	diamond pyrite
Tetragonal	6	Wulfenite