Volcano projects...

[King Alfred Academy]

What projects, besides the popular volcano eruption using vinegar and baking soda, can I do with my boys?

 

I am looking for anything hands-on...make your own models, paper crafty, ect.

 

I do have the Geology Rocks activity book as well as JVC Earth Science, but there isn't much in them. So...give me all ya got! :001_smile: Thanks!

[atozmom]

My dd made one out of paper mache 4 years ago and my ds still plays with it today.

[GoVanGogh]

I have this info saved off - think it was from TOS website?

 

Strombolian Eruption: Constant, non-violent eruption. Put 1 tablespoon of baking soda into the volcano. Add 1 cup of vinegar. Then stand back and watch! Add a few drops of food coloring to the vinegar before pouring to have colored lava.

Hawaiian Eruption: Predictable, least violent eruption. Put 1 tablespoon of baking soda and 1 teaspoon of liquid dish soap into the volcano. Add 1 cup of vinegar. Color if desired. Stand back and watch the eruption.

Vulcanian Eruption: Explosive eruption. Put 2 Alka-Setzer tables, 1 teaspoon of baking soda, and food coloring (optional) into the volcano. Add ½ cup of water.

Pelean Eruption: Most violent eruption. Put 2 tablespoons of baking soda and food coloring into the volcano. Add ½ cup of boiling water. Stand way back.

 

[Guest]

The Plate Tectonics teacher's guide from GEMS has several volcano projects. In one, kids mix different batches of lava, erupt the volcanoes and time the lava flows as part of an investigation of viscosity and the type of rock formed. In another, they compare two kinds of eruptions: from strato volcanoes and shield volcanoes. One set of eruptions plugs the top of the model volcano with a rubber stopper that then shoots out quite high. I did this unit with a group of co-op kids one year and they erupted their volcanoes over and over for two entire days. The models were used until they literally disintegrated (these were kid-made, with PVC pipe, cardboard, and papier mache).

 

http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/GEMS

[Ellyndria]

Oo, I have a volcano lover too! Going to have to try the different eruptions, he'd like that.

[swimmermom3]

The Plate Tectonics teacher's guide from GEMS has several volcano projects. In one, kids mix different batches of lava, erupt the volcanoes and time the lava flows as part of an investigation of viscosity and the type of rock formed. In another, they compare two kinds of eruptions: from strato volcanoes and shield volcanoes. One set of eruptions plugs the top of the model volcano with a rubber stopper that then shoots out quite high. I did this unit with a group of co-op kids one year and they erupted their volcanoes over and over for two entire days. The models were used until they literally disintegrated (these were kid-made, with PVC pipe, cardboard, and papier mache).

 

www.lawrencehallofscience.org/GEMS

 

I ordered this for later in our year after our GEMS units, Only One Ocean, and Ocean Currents arrived. KarenAnne, thank you so much for recommending these resources. I can't wait to get started with them and one of the Ocean Currents projects will tie in with our history studies. This is some of the best science work I've seen in a couple of years.

[Blessedwithboys]

My boys always enjoyed the mentos and diet coke experiment :)

[TXMary2]

We did the lapbook from Hands of A Child, in addition to the standard erupting volcano model. We also did a big mural poster.

 

Here's a blog post with pictures on our Volcano unit:

http://winecupchristianacademy.blogspot.com/search/label/Volcano%20Unit

 

And here is the post from the science fair:

 

http://winecupchristianacademy.blogspot.com/search/label/Science%20Fair

[King Alfred Academy]

Thanks for the ideas! :001_smile:

 

Does anyone have some simple paper/notebooking type ideas? Thanks!