Hypothesis of a First Grade Volcano

The first thing I did today was kick Mr. Father and Beauty out of the house.  There is a scientific black hole as to how 2 people can get a house so messy in 1 day while I was at work.  They were therefore sent out into the world to bestow their special mess making abilities elsewhere.  

On Friday we did science.  It was the special "Volcano Day!"  Mr. Father and Beauty were amazed at my ability to keep sending them outside and around the house to gather items needed.  Once all the items were gathered we created our scene.

Here we have our baking sheet covered with a piece of green poster board.  We made small trees from sticks.  Beauty collected a few unknowing victims to hang around the volcano.  Our first hypothesis was an educated guess about what we each thought the "lava" would do.  Would it shoot up to the ceiling, flow down one side or flow out all sides?  Our second hypothesis was who was going to be wiped out by the lava.  Our third hypothesis was was about which color lava is prettiest. 

So the mermaid got it first.  Don't be alarmed!  Mermaids typically do not live next to volcanoes. 

We tried green lava next and then yellow.  We thought that was gross.  Blue was last.  I thought it was prettiest.  Beauty yelled, "Again, again!" 

This was such a fun experiment for Beauty that I received a text the next day from Mr. Father saying he was having to do the volcano again since Beauty's friend had come over to play. 

Luckily this is a super easy experiment.  Half baking soda, half vinegar, and food coloring. 

*This coming week I'll review some more items from our Timberdoodle curriculum.*