Hurumanu - Crazy Crystals

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar

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

Crystal video

Definition of the 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) Tablespoon

2) Borax

3) Water

4) Cup 

5) Peg

6) Pipe Cleaner

Process

Step 1: Put 3 Tablespoons of borax into some water

Step 2: Mix for around 10 minutes or until the water can't take any more

Step 3: Combined the pipe cleaners into a star shape

Step 4: Put it in the cup with the borax and water using a peg

Step 6: Wait a few days and watch the crystals grow

Sugar Crystals

Sugar crystals video

Ratio: 1 cup sugar to 1/2 cup water

Materials

1) Sugar

2) Water

3) Cup

4) Stick

5) String

Process

Step 1: Put 3 Tablespoons of sugar into some water

Step 2: Mix for around 10 minutes or until the water can't take any more

Step 3: Put the string around the stick

Step 4: Put it in the cup with the sugar and water using a peg

Step 6: Wait a few days and watch the crystals grow

Salt Crystals

Salt crystals time-lapse video

Ratio: 4 Tablespoons salt to 1/2 cup water

Materials

1) Cup

2) Salt

3) Stick

4) Water

5) String

Process

Step 1: Put 3 Tablespoons of salt into some water

Step 2: Mix for around 10 minutes or until the water can't take any more

Step 3: Put the string around the stick

Step 4: Put it in the cup with the salt and water using a peg

Step 6: Wait a few days and watch the crystals grow

Findings

Describe your crystals in the table below.

Crystal Type	Shape (Describe the shape)	Size (of individual crystals)	Hardness (Crumbly to Rock Hard)
Borax	crystals	Big	Hard
Sugar	Cubed	small	soft
Salt	Cubed	Medium	Hard

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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	Salt is created by the ocean. You dig a hole and wait for the ocean to rise and full in your hole. Then you wait for a few day/weeks for the water to evaporate into the sky. then clean up the salt crystals and vawala. Now you got salt. NOW EAT YO CHIPS.
Sugar	Refined sugar is made from raw sugar that has undergone a refining process to remove the molasses. Raw sugar is sucrose which is extracted from sugarcane or sugar beet. ... The sugar syrup is concentrated by boiling and then cooled and seeded with sugar crystals, causing the sugar to crystallize out.
Snowflakes	A snowflake begins to form when an extremely cold water droplet freezes onto dust particle in the sky. This creates an ice crystal. As the ice crystal falls to the ground, water vapor freezes onto the crystal, building new crystals the six arms of the snowflake.