Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Volcano!



The other day we made volcanoes. When we made volcanoes, we made them out of playdough. We cooked them, then we put them outside in the backyard to make them hard. We painted them with our paints then put dinosaurs all around the volcanoes. To make them explode, we put a toilet roll in the middle, then spooned some baking soda in the bottom. A few drops of food coloring next to make red lava. Then we got some vinegar and poured it in. It exploded! It worked several times and was really interesting.

Later my dad explained why it exploded. When the acid from the vinegar gets on the soda it makes carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide makes the bubbles, making the volcano explode!

If you want to try it, I would say do it, and you can tell me about it on your blog. (If you have one).




Kayla cried the whole time.

2 comments:

Shy Little Violets said...

WOW, Cool volcano Ty. You are learning such amazing things. Good thing you have such smarties for parents, they can teach you anything you want to learn. Stay close to them and they'll always teach you the right things.

dr.brian said...

Thanks for sharing about your volcano experiment, Tyson. I love you buddy.
I am excited to read your future messages on your blog.