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Challenge 014 · Ages 8–16
Crystal Growing
Grow salt or sugar crystals.
Primary STEAM area
Science
The Challenge
What will your learner investigate?
Can you grow crystals and discover which conditions influence their size and shape?
Learning outcomes
- Explain crystallisation from a solution.
- Prepare and monitor a crystal-growing investigation.
- Measure growth and evaluate factors that affect crystal formation.
Connected learning
Science: solutions and states of matter; Mathematics: measurement and data; Art: geometric forms; English: scientific diary.
Dream Areas
Chemistrygeologymaterials sciencecrystallographylaboratory research