Oceans: Salt Flats

 

Saving our salt water from the previous experiment, we learned about how salt is collected via videos.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vVyw2rVA4Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP7C8-qiRW0

Then we set out to create our own salt flats by pouring our concentrated salt water onto plates before setting them out in the sunshine. Since the water was shallow, it took mere hours to witness evaporation in action. The once-dissolved salt was left behind!