With the weather being so great and the children enjoying the sunshine, Alisha decided to gather some of our Phoenix house children to prepare for a volcano experiment.
They dug and mounted the sand into a volcano - there was some fabulous team work and discussions about volcanoes.
Alisha explains to the children that there is a volcano in Auckland called Rangitoto and that it is a 'dormant volcano', she discusses the meaning of the word dormant and states it's a volcano that has not erupted in a very long time.
Joshua is surprised "there's a volcano in Auckland" he asks, "I live in Auckland" he says (:
This experiment works with red food colour, bicarbonate soda and white vinegar. The children help by adding the ingredients to a cup placed at the volcano tip, the outcome is red oozing lava bubbling over..with excited squeels, laughter and smiles this was alot fun.
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