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

Materials

1) Cup/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 three table spoons of borax and 1/2 cups of water

Step 3: Add ingredients to the cup

Step 4: Mix them together with a Popsicle stick

Step 5: Tie your string to the Popsicle stick

Step 6: Make a star with your pipe cleaner, tie this to the string

Step 7: Put your star into the borax and water solution

Sugar Crystals

Ratio: 1 cup sugar to 1/2 cup water

Materials

1) Sugar

2) Warm water 

3) Spoon

4) Popsicle stick

5) String

Process

Step 1: Get a plastic cup or glass cup

Step 2: Put four table spoons of sugar and 1/2 cups of warm water

Step 3: Add ingredients to the cup

Step 4: Mix them together with a Popsicle stick

Step 5: When its dissolved, put four more table spoons of sugar in the cup

Step 6: Mix it again with a Popsicle stick

Step 7: Tie your string to the middle of the Popsicle stick 

Step 8: Put the Popsicle stick on top of the cup and push the string into the water

Salt Crystals

Ratio: 4 Tablespoons salt to 1/2 cup water

Materials

1) Cup

2) Salt

3)  Warm Water

4) String

5) Popsicle stick

Process

Step 1: Get cup

Step 2: Put 4 tablespoons of salt in the cup.

Step 3: Put 1/2 cups of warm water in with the salt.

Step 4: Mix it with Popsicle stick until the salt dissolved.

Step 5: Tie string on the Popsicle stick.

Step 6: Put Popsicle stick in the borax and water solution.

Findings

Describe your crystals in the table below.

Crystal Type	Shape (Describe the shape)	Size (of individual crystals)	Hardness (Crumbly to Rock Hard)
Borax	No Results	No Results	No Results
Sugar	No Results	No Results	No Results
Salt	Cubes	Little	Crumbly

What crystals worked out best and why?: The best crystal that worked out better was the salt crystal, 

Conclusion:

After watching the videos as a class, explain how the following crystals are formed:

Type	Explanation
Salt	Sea water gets transported into ponds and gets evaporated from the sun and leaves salt
Sugar	They first chop up the sugar cane then they roll the sugar cane,then they get the juice and remove the fiber, with the juice they heat it up and it makes syrup and then they add crystallization.
Snowflakes	Ridges, Hexagon, Shape, Temperature, Branches, Ice Particle, Water molecules, Breeze, Formed, Freezing.

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	Minerals
Monoclinic	10
Orthombic	6	Box
Trigonal	8	Coffin
Hexagonal	9	Honeycomb
Cubic	4	Rubik's Cube,  Cardboard box.
Tetragonal	12	Healing Crystals