HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN BEAUTIFUL CRYSTAL!!!

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

2) Water

3) Popsicle stick

4) Borax

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 cups of water

Step 3: Add the ingredients to your cup or glass

Step 4: Mix all the ingredients together with a Popsicle stick

Step 5: Tie your string into a Popsicle stick

Step 6: Make a snowflake or a star with your pipe cleaner

Step 7: Put your star or snowflake 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) A cup

4) Warm water

5) Popsicle stick

Process

Step 1: Get a cup

Step 2: Measure four table spoons of sugar into your cup

Step 3: Ask a teacher for a half cup of warm water into your sugar

Step 4: Mix the solution with your Popsicle stick

Step 5: Tie a string onto the middle of the Popsicle stick

Step 6: Dip the string into the water and rest the Popsicle stick across the cup

Salt Crystals

Ratio: 4 Tablespoons salt to 1/2 cup water

Materials

1) Salt

2) Popsicle stick

3) A cup

4) Warm water

5) String
6) Spoon
7) 

Process

Step 1: Get a cup

Step 2: Measure four table spoons of salt into your cup

Step 3: Ask your teacher for some warm water into your salt

Step 4: Mix the ingredients together

Step 5: Tie a string into a Popsicle stick

Step 6: Dip your string in the water and rest your Popsicle stick across your 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	No crystals formed	No crystals formed	No crystals formed
Sugar	Long	Small	Hard
Salt	Tiny Shards	Tiny	Hard

What crystals worked out best and why?:

Conclusion:

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

Type	Explanation
Salt	Sea wataer ponds sun evaporate salt
Sugar	Sugar Cane, Cut it up, Roll it/Squish, Get the juice, Heat it, Syrup, Crystallisation
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	10
Orthombic	6
Trigonal	10
Hexagonal	8
Cubic	6
Tetragonal	12

PUPPET AND PLANS IN OUR DRAMA CLASS!

Hello readers this cold week in drama we have been sent to a group of 3 and had to come up with a group name my group and I came up with a group name which is J.A.M it's stand for Joshua, Alex and me Miguel and we had to come up with a message for everyone this is what we've wrote "Our message is we believe that the environment will remain tidy". We also had to create our own puppet we did not quite finished our puppet because we ran out of time.

HOME CHEMISTRY

The Plan

Task 1; Read the question carefully and write the answer to these questions.

1. What do we need to find out? How much salt do we need to add in the water so it won't get frozen when we put in the freezer overnight.
2. How will we find it out? We put some salt in the water and leave it overnight in the freezer.
3. How will we record what we find? Put 3 half of cup of water in the freezer the first cup has no salt the next cup has half a tea spoon of salt and the third cup has a full 3 teaspoon of salt put the 3 cups in the freezer overnight and when you wake up u check the 3 cups which one stayed the same.
4. What equipment do we need for the experiment? Beaker, water, measuring spoons or cups and salt.
5. How long will it take? 9 hours overnight.

The Procedure

Task 2: What are the steps that you will take to make the experiment? 

List them in 6 steps.

Step 1; Gather all the equipment

Step 2: Put a half cup of water
Step 3: Put 3 teaspoon of salt on the water  wait 9 hours overnight
Step 4: Put the water in your freezer
Step 5:  Wait 9 hours overnight
Step 6: See if the experiment worked when you get out of bed

The Process

Task 3: Draw on a piece of A4 paper the 6 steps that you will use to test the amount of salt in water before freezing. When we are making drawings in science  it needs to be labelled clearly, kept tidy and named. Once you have completed the drawing it must be photographed and uploaded to your blog.

In your drawing you will use:

1. Beakers
2. Water
3. Measuring spoons or cups
4. Salt

The Process

Task 3: Draw on a piece of A4 paper the 6 steps that you will use to test the amount of salt in water before freezing. When we are making drawings in science  it needs to be labelled clearly, kept tidy and named. Once you have completed the drawing it must be photographed and uploaded to your blog.

In your drawing you will use:

1. Beakers
2. Water
3. Measuring spoons or cups
4. Salt

Skittles and rainbow paper experiment

SKITTLES
AIM: Separating the colour

Materials
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1. A cup of water
2. 5 Skittles
3. Container


Process

Step 1. Spread out the 5 skittles inside the container

Step 2. Get a cup of water and put it in the container

Step 3. Wait for the colour to separate from the skittle

Findings

The colour slowly separated from the skittles and the colour went in the water. The colour were mixed together water.

Reflection

What did the colours do? The colour separated from the skittles.
Did the colours mix together? The colours mixed together in the water.
Why or why not? It mixed together because they were in the same container.

Aim: To separate colours by using the process of chromatography.

Definition: A technique for separating the different parts of a mixture / solid using liquid.

Rainbow paper

Materials;

1. Filter paper

2. Coloured pens

3. Cup 

4. Water

Process:

Step 1: Get a filter paper

Step 2: Put a line of dots using each coloured pens that you have

Step 3: Get a cup of water

Step 4: Hang the filter paper in the cup of water

Step 5: Wait for the colour to change while to goes up to the top of the paper

Findings: My partner and I saw how the colour changed while the filter paper was absorbing the water with the colour.

Reflection: I have learned that the filter paper can absorb the colour with the water.