Exploding Volcanoes
Due to current news topic of volcanoes, Ebi-kun asked if we could do the volcano experiment again and since it was a lovely sunny day we decided to do it outside.
We used some clay that we got from the yochien to build the volcano, it was built around a small plastic cup and decorated with a few trees and brave animals. Inside the cup I put in a couple of teaspoons of baking powder and some food colour then to make the eruption start Ebi-kun poured in some vinegar.
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But in our corner of the world it was pure explosive fun and yes, we had to do it again and again until we ran out of vinegar!
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I have also made up a PDF file with a set of volcano 3 part cards, the file has fully labelled cards, black and white cards for the kids to colour themselves, definition cards, volcano fact cards, a diagram to label and instructions on how to make the volcano, if you are interested you can get the file from here.
This activity is always a winner! I've seen several families have a go at it in the light of the icelandic volcano events - maybe there will be a bicarb and vinegar shortage alongside the exotic fruit shortage!!
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