Science, Week Three (Volcanoes)...

This week was a fun one for science. I personally was really looking forward to it because I knew the kids would love it.

First, here are some books I used:
**"Volcanoes" by Simon Seymour
"Volcanoes, Disasters Up Close" by Michael Woods and Mary B. Woods
"Volcanoes" by Franklin M Branley
"Volcanoes and Earthquake"-DK Eyewitness Books
**"Volcanoes, A True Book" by Elaine Landau (Scholastic)

Pretty much all volcano books seem alike after you read like 5 of them, but the 2 I have **'d were my favorites.

We also used "Volcano" DK Eyewitness DVD and
Usborne Encycl. of Our World and the internet links for that (which weren't great this time)

Luke and Kendall each had to read a Reading Rainbow Book called "Hill Of Fire" by Thomas P. Lewis and the summarized it for me while I typed it for them. It was fun hearing each of their versions of it and we now have it on record. I am going to start doing that more when they read books.

So on to the volcano-making:

We mixed up some modeling clay and they each formed a mound of clay around an empty can (Tuesday)...

Done and now they had to dry until Thursday...

Supplies ready to make a chemical reaction and make our 'volcanoes erupt'...

Adding the red food coloring...

Kendall was the first one to do it...

They loved it!

Playing with the now wet clay...

They kept adding baking soda and it would bubble up again and again...

Here are some videos of each of the kids telling about the volcano picture they drew for their notebooks. I was impressed with Will because he actually put factual stuff in his. :)

And here is some video of the eruptions...