How Quickly Salt Dissolves

By Carson Hoefert

Question

How does size of a solid affect how it dissolves?

Hypothesis

Small solid dissolve more quickly.

Materials

Timer

pen

Camera

measuring cup

salt - different size pieces

Water - 2 cup

a stirring stick

Methods

To cups of water and a some salt rock and a timer. Add salt to water, start timer observe salt until it dissolves, stop timer and record timer

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Data

Results

Conclusion

The data showed that the small salt dissolves the fastest. My hypothesis was correct. To learn more, we could see if salt or pepper dissolves faster.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank my Mom for buying all of the supplies and helping me.