Gracie+M

Gracie M 2011-2012
 * SUGAR AND SALT CRYSTALS IN DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES **

The purpose of this experiment was to find out if different types of crystals grow differently in different types of weather. The two different t types of crystals where sugar crystals and salt crystals. Three of each type of crystals were made. To make each the sugar crystals first a piece of string was tied to a pencil so that when put over top of the beaker, the string would not touch the bottom or sides of the beaker. Next water was heated on a hot plate and sugar was stirred into it. This mixture was then poured into a beaker and the pencil with string was put inside, one sugar crystal was put into a incubator, one in a refrigerator, and one in a room. This same process was also used to make the salt crystals, except instead of sugar, salt was added. It was hypothesized that the salt crystal in the refrigerator would grow the quickest and the best. It was shocking to find that the complete opposite happened; the sugar crystal in the warm temperature grew both the best and the quickest.
 * ABSTRACT **

This experiment could be improved if the measurements were more exact, and the amounts were noted more carefully. In the future this experiment could be added on to if different liquids where tested to see if sugar or salt crystals could grow in them, instead of just testing sugar crystals in sprite.
 * EXPERIMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS AND FUTURE EXPERIMENTS **

