Award Winning Science Project (salt experiment) CAUTION! STOVE!

	Project title: Award Winning Science Project (salt experiment) CAUTION! STOVE!
Difficulty level:	Middle school
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Hypothesis:

Adding table salt to boiling water will increase its boiling temp.

Materials:

table Salt, distilled water, 2-quart cooking pot, pint measuring cup, teaspoon and tablespoon measuring spoons, thermometer, stirring spoon

The Procedure:

1. Boil 1 quart of distilled water on a stove.
2. Measure the temp, of boiling water. Record.
3. measure out 1 teaspoon salt using spoon. Level.
4. Add to water and stir; wait to boil
5. Measure the new temp. record.
6. repeat steps 4 & 5 with 2 spoons.

Results:

My hypothesis was right. Table salt increases the temperature a little.