Solutions

Investigations

  • Would macaroni dissolve?
  • Do substances dissolve differently if you don’t stir them?
  • How would sugar dissolve in fresh squeezed juice?
  • Would sugar, salt, and coffee dissolve in vinegar?
  • What would happen if there was ice in the water when you put coffee grounds in it?
  • How long would it take to dissolve a rock in water?
  • Would metal, rock, bone or other substances that are thicker and have more mass dissolve?
  • Would coffee grounds eventually dissolve if you left them in water? How long would it take?
  • How long would it take for flour to dissolve?
  • Would a penny dissolve over time in vinegar?
  • What would happen if you put flour in sparkling water?
  • How would a sugar cube dissolve in salt water?
  • Can you dissolve visco-elastic putty?
  • Would solids dissolve differently in grape juice compared to water?
  • What would happen if you tried to dissolve a sugar cube with sugar water?
  • What would happen if you dropped juice on a sugar cube instead of water?
  • Does paper dissolve in the same way as sugar?
  • How do you dissolve a gas?
  • Can you dissolve on eraser?
  • How much water would it take to dissolve 1000 g of sugar?
  • Would heat make coffee grounds dissolve?
  • How much hot chocolate mix can you add to water before it gets to the saturation point?
  • How much sugar can we dissolve in 50 mL of hot water?
  • What would happen if you put sugar in very cold water?

Research Questions

  • Do different types of crystals float?
  • Would sugar dissolve differently in space?
  • Does sand dissolve? If so, how?
  • Can people dissolve?
  • How does sugar dissolve in alcohol?
  • If you put gold in vinegar would it dissolve?
  • Why does Kool-Aid dissolve so fast?
  • How exactly does sugar dissolve?
  • Could you make a homemade sugar cube? How?
  • Why doesn’t wood dissolve?
  • If you dropped a sugar cube in water would it dissolve? Would it dissolve faster than just dropping water on it?
  • What would happen if you put milk on a sugar cube?
  • Would a sugar cube dissolve faster than a pile of sugar if you dropped water on them?
  • Can you dissolve glass?
  • Can you dissolve a liquid?
  • What temperature does alum freeze at?
  • What happens to sugar when the water starts to evaporate?
  • Would hot water ever stop dissolving sugar?
  • Does heat increase the saturation point of all substances?