Hurumanu - Crazy Crystals

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)  Pipe cleaners

2)  String

3)  Pegs

4) Cups

5)  Borax

 6)Sugar

7) Salt

8)  string 

9) Ice cream stick

Process

Step 1: Get a cup and put 3 scopes of borax

Step 2 Mix it with your ice cream stick, you need a timer like 5 to 10 minutes

Step 3:  You need pipe cleaners, make it a star

Step 4:  You need pegs to clip your star 

Step 5:  Get your pegs and put it inside in your cup

Step 6:   Then wait until 3 or 4 days you will see the result

Sugar Crystals

Sugar crystals video

Ratio: 1 cup sugar to 1/2 cup water

Materials

1)  cup

2)sugar

3) warm water

4) Ice cream stick

5) String

Process

Step 1: Get your equipment

Step 2: Put 3 scope sugar

Step 3: Put warm water in a half cup

Step 4:  Mix it with your ice cream stick, After 5 to 10 minutes

Step 5:  Tie the string into the middle of the stick, But don't get along the string. 

Step 6:   Put the stick in the cup

Step 7:  You need to wait like 3 days or 4 days to see the result

Salt Crystals

Salt crystals time-lapse video

Ratio: 4 Tablespoons salt to 1/2 cup water

Materials

1) String 

3)  Warm water

4) Cup

5)Ice cream stick

6)Salt

7) 

8) 

Process

Step 1: You need to get a cup and put 3 scopes of salt.

Step 2: You need to put warm water not full, half only.

Step 3: You need to mix the water and the borax.

Step 4: Mix it until 5 to 10 minutes.

Step 5: Get an ice cream stick.

Step 6: Get string, cut it in half.

Step 7: Tie the string in your ice cream stick.

Step 8: Wait until 3 or 4 days to see the result.

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 hard
Sugar
Salt

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	Salt is the main mineral in seawater, making up three-quarters of the 3.5  of dissolved minerals in seawater. Salt also occurs naturally in mineral deposits, where it is known as rock salt. Because New Zealand has no rock salt deposits.
Sugar	Sugar is made from sugarcane, They have a machine and then they put sugar on it. They take all of the sugar out from the sugar. That's how raw sugar is made. After the put the raw sugar and make them into white sugar.
Snowflakes	Snowflakes begin to form when an extremely cold water droplet freezes onto a pollen or dust particle in the sky. This creates an ice crystal. As ice crystal falls to the water  vapour freezes onto the primary crystal, building new crystal  the six arms of the snowflake

Conclusion:

I learn about this science experiment is that when  I making this experiment I need to be careful because if I got mistake the Crazy Crystals not gonna work. I also learn that there are three different Crystals type, there are borax crystal, sugar crystal and the third one is the salt crystal.