Growing crystals

Aim:
I want to find out how to make crystals form in a supersaturated solution.

Equipment:

• A supersaturated solution of Sodium Acetate
• Bunsen burner
• Heat Mat
• Test tube
• Test tube Tongs
• Funnel
• Filter paper
• Small beaker

Method:

1. Get a boiling tube with crystallized super-saturated solution.
2. Carefully heat the boiling tube over the bunsen burner to the crystals dissolve (make sure your tube is facing the wall at a 45-degre angle. 

3. Once all the crystals have dissolved place the test tube in a beaker full of cold water (the tube will be too hot to continue the experiment).

4. Once it is cooled down drop one crystal seed into the solution and watch all the crystals form.