How to make fun volcano experiment with your children??

Title: Eruption of Volcano

Materials: Vinegar, baking soda, food colouring, water, sand, glue, dish soap, container, polystyrene container, aluminum foil, and newspapers.

Advance preparation for the lesson: Prepare 2 teaspoons of baking soda on tissue. Twist up the tissue so it looks like a little pouch.

Development of Lesson:

1. Give the children one sheet of newspaper to prevent they get dirty on desk.
2. Distribute all the materials.
3. To make the volcano cone: Pour glue into the tray; make sure that most of the glue is placed on the centre of the container. Glue the container in the centre of the aluminium tray.
4. Using your hands, cover the entire surface of the container with glue.
5. Pour some sand around the container so that it looks like model of volcano. Be careful do not let the sand get into the container. Children might need to add some water or glue to the sand, to make it stickier.
6. To create lava colour: Parents can add few drops of yellow food colouring to the vinegar.
7. Peel off the aluminum foil that covers on the bottleneck of the container.
8. Pour 1/4 of water into the container.
9. Then add 1/4 of vinegar into the cone.
10.  Add few drops of dish soap to your container.
11. To make your volcano erupt: Drop the pouch of baking soda into the volcano and watch it explode!

Conclusion: you can experience on making the volcano and the process of volcano erupting.

This activity not only brings you fun and explosive experience, it also helps strengthen the relationship between you and your children.

Let's have fun with your children now!

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