SCIENCE LAB REPORT

Growing Crystals

Mackenzie
01.15.2016
5TH GRADE SCIENCE

INTRODUCTION
You may know Sugar Crystals by their other name, rock candy, or perhaps by their most common
adjective, delicious! These take a little longer than the Needle Crystals to build, but they are easy
enough to do and their taste is well worth the wait! This project will let you create and grow your own
crystals. Throughout the experiment you will be responsible for taking notes and picture to track
your crystals growth.

HYPOTHESIS
My hypothesis is that the crystals with hover around the sishc apob when it is cold.
When it is warm they will spread out and when we check all the crystals will form into
one big one.

MATERIALS
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A jar
sishc apob
a water jug
paper
scissors
pot
wooden spoon
plastic spoon
kettle

10. cloths hanger clip

11. bowls
12. pencil
13. sugar
14. juice crystals
15. water
16. measuring cup

PROCEDURE
1. Make a top for your jar with a small hole in the center.
2. Place the skewer inside the hole and clip it or tape it so it can hang into your jar
without touching the bottom or sides.
3. In the pan start boiling the water.
4. Stir in the sugar 3:1 one spoonful at a time. You want to make sure there is lots of
the solute (in this case sugar) in the solution, but not so much that it doesn't all dissolve
into the solution. If you have some undissolved sugar your Rock Crystals will start
building onto those molecules rather than your string.
5. Add a few drops of food coloring and flavoring to the solution.
6. Carefully pour the solution from the pan into your clean glass jar. Make sure it's
clean, otherwise crystals will build onto those molecules on the jar and not on your string.
7. Place in the skewer into the jar through the hole. Again, don't let the string hit the
sides or bottom of the jar.
8. Find a safe spot for your jar so it won't get knocked around or exposed to too
much dust and debris.
9. Check on your Rock Crystals the next day and notice how they're started to take
form on the string.
10. Whenever your Rock Crystals are the right size for your taste or when they stop
growing go ahead and take them out of the jar and let them dry.
11. Enjoy their sugary goodness!

OBSERVATIONS
DAY

PICTURE

DATA

Monday 18, Jan.

Tuesday 19, Jan.

Wednesday 20,
Jan.

I sterd all the chemicals and put food

coloring and know wait for the
crystals to grow.

The crystals are growing but we

forgot
to put sugar on the stick so we did that
at the end.

Thursday 21,
Jan.

My crystals are growing like I wanted

it to and there is crystals all on the
edge

Friday 22, Jan.

my crystals are going great and

having a party. At the bottom

Monday 25,2016

my crystals are really big and working

well

Jan 26,2016

my crystals are growing at the bottom

Jan 27,2016

my crystals are almost done.

Feb 10,2016

RESULTS
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CONCLUSION
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REFERENCES
1. http://www.kidzworld.com/article/26598-make-your-own-crystals
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