• Question: how do u make crystal

    Asked by anon-240859 to Tom, Rebecca, Emily, Elspeth, Ben, Antoine on 11 Mar 2020.
    • Photo: Ben Cropper

      Ben Cropper answered on 11 Mar 2020:

      Get a load of salt, dissolve it in some water, then put it in a very small bowl. Leave it on a sunny windowsill for a few days and you should have some salt crystals on the bottom!

    • Photo: Emily Goddard

      Emily Goddard answered on 11 Mar 2020:

      Dissolve three parts of sugar in one part of hot water and pour it into a clean glass or jam jar (you can also add food colouring if you want). Tie a piece of cotton to pencil and lay the pencil across the jar so the thread dangles in. Cover the top with a piece of kitchen roll to stop dust getting in, and leave it for a couple of days. Keep checking on it, and you’ll see crystals will grow on the string!
      You can also buy crystal growing kits which you can use to grow *huge* crystals.

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