Art Project - Crystals

One year for Christmas my parents bought me a chemistry set. Oh how I remember that chemistry set so dearly and all the experiments I carried out. I can remember one where we made our own crystals and thought this could be a fun experiment to try out with Callum.

Sugar Crystals

Ingredients:

400ml water
200 ml Sugar
String
Pencil
Container that can hold boiling water safely

• Boil 400ml of water.

• Add 200ml of sugar to the water and stir well.

• Pour the solution into your container, making sure that your container can withstand the temperature of the boiled water, a glass jar would be prefable so you can then see through the container
  

• Tie one end of the string to the middle of the pencil and suspend the string over the container with the liquid in

• Submerge the string into the solution.

• Wait and watch.
  

• The sugar crystals will slowly grow on the string over a period of several days.
  

• If you wish you can tie a weight onto the other end of the string and that should keep the string hanging straight.

Hopefully photos will follow later.