Volcanoes

We have been loving our books from the library about volcanoes and we were inspired by one to create our own.  We followed the directions in a book.  It is fun to read non-fiction books and relate what we are reading to our lives.

We went out to gather sand from the sand area.  The kids had to gather the sand in trays.  When they were full they tried to bring them up the hill but quickly realized they were too heavy for one or even two to carry.  It took a few minutes to problem solve how to get they trays inside for our volcano.  They emptied the trays cup by cup until they were able to carry them up the hill. 

Once in the room the kids worked together to create our volcanoes. From our reading we know we were making a cone volcano.

We continued to build our volcanoes and follow the directions from the book.  We put baking soda, food coloring and dish soap into the bottles. Once those ingredients were together we added the vinegar and watched the explosions!

The kids loved touching the sand after the "lava" flow and relating it to the "hard rock" from our book reading.