A Volcano in Your Kitchen
A volcano is one of the most spectacular sights in nature.
Volcanoes like Kilauea, in Hawaii, are formed when lava
pours out of an opening in the Earth. Lava is hot, liquid
rock that flows from beneath the Earth’s crust. Lava
running running down a volcano cools and hardens.
Eventually, the lava builds up the sides of a volcano,
allowing it to grow as big as a mountain. You don’t have to
travel to Hawaii to see a volcano up close. With this
experiment, you can see one erupt in your kitchen!
You Need
Empty water bottle
corn starch
Construction paper
flour
Pie plate
water
Measuring spoons/cup vinegar
Baking soda
dish soap
Red food coloring
Spoons
baking pan
Glue/tape
funnel
You Do
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To build volcano, place a baking sheet on your table. Put
the pie plate on top of the pan.
Place the water bottle in the center of the pie plate and
glue strips around the bottle vertically. Leave the top open.
You can tape the ends of the strips to the pie plate.
Place the funnel in the top of the bottle.
To make the lava, in a measuring cup, mix:
2 Tbsp. corn starch
a few drops of coloring
2 Tbsp. baking soda
a few drops dish soap
2 Tbsp. flour
Add one tablespoon of water at a time until mixture is a bit
thinner than toothpaste.
Stir thoroughly. Then pour the mixture into the bottle,
through the funnel.
To make your volcano erupt, pour two tablespoons of
vinegar into the bottle, through the funnel.
Stand back and watch!!!!
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