Be sure that your blog post includes a picture of your map, your garden, and the key of where you planted your "seed crystals".
Every day you should make a journal entry in your blog post, include any modification you make along the way.
Be sure that you are keeping a daily record of crystal growth, complete with sketches of the different kinds of crystals.
(Borax, Epsom Salts, Salt, Sugar, Monoammonium Phosphate)
Here are some photos of crystals we made in class without being on a certain material for your reference.
If you are having a hard time growing crystals, perhaps you could add standing pools of solution which would have more success.
Compare growth of different kinds of crystals on your garden, as well as those on other classmates. Remember: You will make a short presentation later.
Guiding Question for this project was: How do crystals grow?
After two weeks of observations, make your final observation today (Feb. 11)
Anything growing? Did the materials change?
Be sure to include pictures of what the different crystals your garden contained look like or should have looked like.
Data Analysis:
What material did the crystals grow bet on?
What material did the crystals grow the worst on?
What solution was the easiest to grow crystals from?
What solution grew crystals the slowest or were the most difficult?
Which method was the best for growing crystals?
Conclusions: What can you conclude about the conditions that are needed for crystals to grow? Give examples from evidence you have seen from either your garden or classmate's gardens. What have you learned about crystals during this project? Do you have a new hypothesis?
Further Inquiry: What errors may have occurred in your garden? How would you change the experiment if you were to do it all over again? What further questions do you have about crystals and the conditions they need for growth?
Every day you should make a journal entry in your blog post, include any modification you make along the way.
Be sure that you are keeping a daily record of crystal growth, complete with sketches of the different kinds of crystals.
(Borax, Epsom Salts, Salt, Sugar, Monoammonium Phosphate)
Here are some photos of crystals we made in class without being on a certain material for your reference.
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| See the small cube shaped crystals? |
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| Salt climbs up this straw and takes it over! |
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| Do you see the needle shaped crystals? |
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| Borax crystals we grew look almost diamond-like. |
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| These sugar crystals are pretty big cubes! Yum... |
If you are having a hard time growing crystals, perhaps you could add standing pools of solution which would have more success.
Compare growth of different kinds of crystals on your garden, as well as those on other classmates. Remember: You will make a short presentation later.
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| These are the five solutions we used during this project. Aren't they beautiful? |
Guiding Question for this project was: How do crystals grow?
After two weeks of observations, make your final observation today (Feb. 11)
Anything growing? Did the materials change?
Be sure to include pictures of what the different crystals your garden contained look like or should have looked like.
Data Analysis:
What material did the crystals grow bet on?
What material did the crystals grow the worst on?
What solution was the easiest to grow crystals from?
What solution grew crystals the slowest or were the most difficult?
Which method was the best for growing crystals?
Conclusions: What can you conclude about the conditions that are needed for crystals to grow? Give examples from evidence you have seen from either your garden or classmate's gardens. What have you learned about crystals during this project? Do you have a new hypothesis?
Further Inquiry: What errors may have occurred in your garden? How would you change the experiment if you were to do it all over again? What further questions do you have about crystals and the conditions they need for growth?
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