When I first met with this group on the last day of school in June of 2018, I asked them for a list of things they thought they might like to learn about in Grade Two. This list has remained posted in the classroom and we check them off as we learn about them. Next to tackle once we came back from Spring Break was volcanoes!
With books and a DVD from our school library, we were ready to begin. Scholastic Book Orders had a Volcano kit that we worked together to assemble.
Finally it was time to follow the steps to make it erupt! The anticipation was incredible. Some students stood back from the table to avoid being hit by lava but...
Besides a little foaming, not much of what we were expecting happened. We even tried adding some dish soap, like the paper towel commercial on TV shows. Still nothing.
Since the paint that came with the kit was completely dried out, we wondered if a new box of baking soda would do the trick.
With a generous amount of fresh baking soda, we tried again. There certainly was a little foaming but not the dramatic eruption pictured on the box. That led to a discussion about advertising and exaggeration - all important lessons!
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