Stalactites+and+Stalagmites

On this page you will report your observations for your stalactites and stalagmites lab. [|Stalactite and Stalagmite Lab.doc]

Each team of two must record at least three observations a week over the two weeks. Enter your data into this table:

White string we started with is now a black crystal coated string. ||
 * Block || Team || Date || Observation ||
 * 1 || Jack/Jill || 3/18 || No crystals yet ||
 * 1 || Jack A/Jill B || 3/17 || Today we set up our lab, no crystals yet ||
 * 2 || Bert/Ernie || 3/17 || Mixed blue and yellow hope to get green ||
 * 1 || Rach/Chris || 3/19 || 2 days after we started crystals starting to form clearish yellow ||
 * 1 || Dan/Ashley || 3/19 || After 2 days, a stalagmite has formed,with a yellow green color. ||
 * 1 || bob/noah || 3/19 || didn't use enough salt in mixture crystals not forming yet big blue puddle ||
 * 1 || Jade/Goran || 3/19 || forming a tiny puddle. sort of clearish blueish color. ||
 * 1 || Dan/Ashley || 3/26 || Day 9,stalagmite has grown, a crystal coating has formed around everthing.
 * 1 || Dan/Ashley || 3/26 || Day 9,stalagmite has grown, a crystal coating has formed around everthing.
 * 1 || Matt/Caleb || 3/26 || Losing hope of crystallization. Do not think we added enough salt. ||
 * 1 || Rach/Chris || 3/26 || Day 9, brown string is now turning white, some crystalization going on. ||
 * 2 || JJ/joe || 3/26 || day 9, Project is totally not going any where..... ||
 * 1 || Jade/ Goran || 3/26 || string starting to turn white. crystals starting to form. ||
 * 1 || Joe/John || 3/31 || couple of days after starting, dry puddle formed on the cardboard floor ||
 * 1 || Joe/John || 3/31 || week and a half after starting, dry puddle became crystals, rope became white with crystals on it, both stalactites and stalagmites have formed ||
 * 1 || Jade/Goran || 4/1 || bubble starting to fom on the string. some cyrstillazation going on. ||
 * || Kaleigh/Martin || 4/7 || crystalization has started, big puddle under string. ||
 * 1 || Matt/Nick || 4/7 || Day 21 and the string is turning white and there are crystals forming and its a light greenish color, and its growing taller ||
 * 1 || Ruben || 4/7 || Little crystal formation....I think it stoped growing. ||
 * 1 || Nick/Mike || 4/7 || Crystals forming looks very white ||
 * 2 || Sarah/Jen || 3/25 || Crystals beginning to form, less water ||
 * 2 || Sarah/Jen || 4/7 || Large crystal puddle/red with white, string dry with white flakes..l ||
 * 2 || Matt/Caleb || 4/7 || Little crystals forming where the string meets the liquid. not really anywhere else. ||
 * 1 || bob/noah || 4/8 || the crystal has started to grow and it is a nice blue color ||
 * 2 || Kim/Sam || 4/8 || there are no crystals because we forgot to soak the string so no crystals will form. but there seem to be some crystals on the string though (after we soaked it after a couple of days of figuring out we needed to soak the string) ||
 * 1 || Matt/Nick || 4/10 || No change since 3 days ago, the crystals are still the same and getting a little bigger ||
 * 2 || Sam/Kim || 4/10 || still no crystals because we didnt soak the string ||