"This Pretty Planet" by Tom Chapin is our song for our new unit on the earth. We have learned about the 4 layers of the earth (crust, mantle, outer core, inner core) and about volcanoes. The children participated in a science project today - molten hot magma! We created a small scale volcanic eruption in class today by combining vinegar and baking soda. We colored the vinegar red with food coloring for a more realistic effect. We also crafted a volcanic cone with paper lava coming out. So fun! And thanks to Bill Nye the Science Guy we watched some footage of real volcanoes exploding.
Next to come: where do we fit in the solar system? Space and planets!!
Teaching children to love science at an early age provides them with a desire in the later school years to tackle those tough classes that come along. Instill a love of learning early and the world is theirs to claim.
Brayden talked all about "canos" the other night at dinner and told us how they explode hot lava. He's been having so much fun!!
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