Thursday, August 23, 2007

Starting the School YEar Explosively

Kieron made a volcano using the Young Scientist kit #6. He seems to really enjoy this approach, though I really need to be on top of things and have him actually read something alongside doing the project. However, this served its purpose of starting off the new year with a bang, or rather, a sort of fizz.

He set up the cone.

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He put on a flour paste — we forgot the strips of newspaper.

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Waiting to dry out.

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He added paint… and is getting the ingredients for the lava.

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It worked!

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He enjoyed the process very much. Having the ingredients provided in the kit is worth the $$ to us but once he’s gone through the year perhaps I could just do it the old-fashioned way and gather ingredients myself.

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