HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN AMAZING CRYSTAL'S .

                                                                   Date 11/3/19

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)  a cup or glass

2) pipe cleaner 

3) Borax

4) Popsicle stick

5) string 

6) warm water 

7) spoon 

Process

Step 1: Grab a cup or glass 

Step 2: put 3 tables spoons of borax and  1/2 a   cup of water 

Step 3: Add ingredients to the cup 

Step 4: Mix it together  with your Popsicle stick

Step 5: Tie your string to your Popsicle stick

Step 6: Make a star with your pipe cleaner 

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 four tablespoons of sugar into your cup. 

Step 3:  Add a half of warm water  to your sugar. 

Step 4: Mix the solution with the Popsicle stick.

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

Step 6: put the string into the cup 

Salt Crystals

Ratio: 4 Tablespoons salt to 1/2 cup water

Materials

1)  Popsicle stick 

2) salt

3) warm water 

4) string 

5) cup 

Process

Step 1: Grab a cup 

Step 2: put 4 table spoons  to your salt.

Step 3:  Add warm water to your salt. 

Step 4: Mix the solution. 

Step 5: tie string to Popsicle stick. 

Step 6: pull the string out of 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	Crystal	no size	nothing
Sugar	no shape	tiny	nothing
Salt	no shape	tiny	nothing

What crystals worked out best and why?: no crystals worked out best the sugar crystal was the hardest 

Conclusion:
 no conclusion ________________________________________________________________________

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 Definition:	7	garden shed tombstone
Monoclinic Definition:	10	Coffin Diamond
Orthombic Definition:	6	Rectangle, TV
Trigonal Definition:	10	diamond,square
Hexagonal Definition:	8	Hexagon pool,shape
Cubic Definition:	6	Dice, box
Tetragonal Definition:	12	diamond,lantern

Explain how the following crystals are formed?

Type
Salt	sea water is put in ponds where the sun evaporates the water.
Sugar	sugar cane cut it up roll it squish it get the juice
Snowflakes	make a snowflake with a pipe cleaner.