We’re going to take two everyday materials, salt and vinegar, and use them to grow crystals by creating a solution and allowing the liquids to evaporate.  These crystals can be dyed with food coloring, so you can grow yourself a rainbow of small crystals overnight.


The first thing you need to do is gather your materials.  You will need:


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2 Responses to “Salt and Sugar Crystals”

  1. Vinegar is a weak acid, which helps the salt crystals to form.

  2. littlelisa94 says:

    What does the vinegar do in the solution?