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    Here are a few safety precautions to keep in mind for this project: - Wash hands thoroughly after handling any materials and before eating or drinking. - Work in a well-ventilated area. - Wear gloves and safety goggles if handling Epsom salts directly. Epsom salts are non-toxic but can be an eye or skin irritant. - Use distilled water for the experiment. Tap water contains unknown substances. - Clean up any spills immediately with water and soap. Sweep up crystals and dispose of properly. - Store materials out of reach of young children and pets after the experiment. - Have an adult present during the experiment, especially when handling materials.

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    Here are a few safety precautions to keep in mind for this project: - Wash hands thoroughly after handling any materials and before eating or drinking. - Work in a well-ventilated area. - Wear gloves and safety goggles if handling Epsom salts directly. Epsom salts are non-toxic but can be an eye or skin irritant. - Use distilled water for the experiment. Tap water contains unknown substances. - Clean up any spills immediately with water and soap. Sweep up crystals and dispose of properly. - Store materials out of reach of young children and pets after the experiment. - Have an adult present during the experiment, especially when handling materials.

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    Here are a few safety precautions to keep in mind for this project: - Wash hands thoroughly after handling any materials and before eating or drinking. - Work in a well-ventilated area. - Wear gloves and safety goggles if handling Epsom salts directly. Epsom salts are non-toxic but can be an eye or skin irritant. - Use distilled water for the experiment. Tap water contains unknown substances. - Clean up any spills immediately with water and soap. Sweep up crystals and dispose of properly. - Store materials out of reach of young children and pets after the experiment. - Have an adult present during the experiment, especially when handling materials.

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    Water, the major building block of life, sometimes has additives for health

    reasons. Hard wateris water that has a high amount of dissolved minerals, generally
    calcium carbonate or magnesium salts.This is not necessarily a bad thing—most water
    in our households has some degree of hardness. Water that is too hard often tastes
    weird to us, but so does completely soft water, because we are used to a certain
    amount of minerals in the water. Hard and soft water are both perfectly fine for our
    health.
    Hard water, however, can be an issue for some households and businesses because it
    requires more soap and detergent to produce bubbles or a lather. Hard water also
    leaves much more soap scum and grime than soft water. Businesses and industrial
    operations often monitor water hardness because the calcium and magnesium salts can
    sometimes build up in pipes and block water flow, and eventually cause corrosion.
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    Fourth Grade

    Subject
    ScienceChemistry

    Find out what will happen as you add more Epsom salts to water.

    Materials
    • Distilled water
    • Epsom salt
    • Labeling tape
    • 5 Cups of the same size
    • Teaspoon
    • Hand soap
    • Water hardness testing strips (can be found at places like Home Depot, Lowes)
    • Notebook and pen/pencil

    Procedure
    1. Fill each of the five cups with the same amount of distilled water.
    2. Label your cups. Your first cup will get no salt—this is the control. The last cup will get
    four teaspoons of salt.
    3. Skipping the first cup, fill your cups with 1, 2, 3 and 4 teaspoons of salt, respectively. Be
    sure to label correctly.
    4. Stir each cup until all the salt is dissolved.
    5. Put a small amount of hand soap on your hands and wet them with one of thewater
    samples. Record your observations on how easy it is to produce bubbles. Which water
    samples are the hardest based on this test?
    6. Use the strips in the hardness testing kit to rank the water samples from hardest to
    softest. Does this match up with your bubble test?

    Results
    The water with the highest amount of dissolved salts will be the hardest.

    Why?
    Epsom salt is a common name for magnesium sulfate. When mixed with water, it
    separates into Mg2+, a component of water hardness, and sulfate anion, SO4-2. The
    more salt you put in the water, the higher its dissolved magnesium concentration will be,
    causing the water to be harder.
    The harder the water, the harder it will be to produce bubbles. Cup number 5 will be the
    most difficult to turn into a later on your hands, and may even leave your hands feeling
    sticky and dirty from the soap scum.

    Going Further
    Compare your results to water samples from your house tap water or filtered water.

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