The next few weeks we are studying volcanoes in science for Classical Conversations (weeks 16 and 17). My daughter has been waiting for this for a while so we plan to have some fun. She is very interested in volcanoes and is excited to study them. (You gotta take advantage of the times they are actually interested in something, right?)
Here’s some of the things we are doing to study volcanoes over the next two weeks:
Discovery Streaming – We are watching some volcano videos on Discovery Streaming. Earth Science: History of the Earth is one that we plan to pick up this week. There is a lot about how the Earth is changing due to things like volcanoes; we are discussing this a little.
Rock N Learn: Earth Science – We rented this from the library and watched with regard to Types of Rocks and Parts of the Earth that we have studied for the past few weeks. We are looking forward to continuing our discussion with regard to volcanoes.
Magic School Bus – We are watching Magic School Bus: Blows Its Top. We have it through Discovery Streaming; however, you can get it on You Tube.
Books and Pictures – If you don’t use the Internet, or want more reinforcement, you can check out the Magic School Bus: Blows Its Top book from the library.
You can also find some great volcano photos on National Geographic.
Lapbooks – A Journey Through Learning has a great Earth lapbook that is made especially for Classical Conversations Foundations curriculum. This is a great way to do a little lapbooking each week along with your Classical Conversations science.
Crafts – We play to do one craft this week or next to go along with our volcanoes studies. You can find many suggestion over at my Pinterest Classical Conversations board. However, we plan to build a model of Mt. Fuji with the instructions and template provided by Canon.
Games – We are doing some fun interactive games and watching some videos found at N12. My daughter likes some games and interactive time on the web.
Quick lesson – If you are looking for a quick lesson in Volcanoes, you can find a great overview on Weather Wiz Kids including videos, diagrams, lesson plans, and quick experiment instructions for making a soda volcano.
Experiment – And of course, we can’t study volcanoes without making a volcano – what fun would that be? Thanks to Half a Hundred Acre Woods for an easy to make Volcano experiment.
Here’s what you need:
- Pie Plate
- Aluminum foil
- Small Plastic water bottle
- Vinegar
- Dishwashing liquid
Here’s what you do:
- Wrap some aluminum foil around the plastic water bottle and set it on the pie plate.
- Squirt about an inch of dish soap into the mouth of the water bottle.
- Place a few spoonful’s of baking soda into the mouth of the bottle.
- Pour some vinegar in until it starts foaming and bubbling up.
And you have a foaming volcano. Now you can talk about how a real volcano erupts and what happens with the hot lava (my daughters favorite to talk about).
Do you have any fun resources for studying volcanoes?
I love your website! How did you get connected with Discovery Streaming? I got into their website and noticed that it was just for schools? Thank you!
Thank you. If you are interested in Discovery Streaming, you can get a great deal through Homeschool Buyers Coop to get a “school” discount. Here is a link:
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Homeschool Buyers Co-op is awesome. They have some great deals. If you haven’t checked them out, you will love them. Thanks for stopping by!
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Ms. Frizzle and her students take young scientists on a wild ride while blasting off with erupting volcanoes. Young scientists learn about the layers of the Earth, study tectonic plate movement, explore different volcanic shapes and eruptions, make real pumice float, create the ultimate “lava” mixture, paint and explode a volcano and much, much more. This explosive kit includes a colorful poster with volcanic facts, pictures and stickers. Seatbelts, everyone. Get ready to blast off with exploding volcanoes. The magic school bus science kit. Ms. Frizzle and her students take child on a science field trip. Comes with a unique circuit board holder. 20 page colorful illustrated manual with a guide for the adult. Materials to make circuits with light bulbs, buzzer, games and more.
My 5 and 7 year old boys love this book. They both love the MSB series. This is a particular favorite, however, because they think volcanoes are really cool.
That’s true. Something I love about MSB is that they are so appealing to such a wide age group. Glad you are enjoying them. Thanks for stopping by.
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good to read what others have done.
when we studied volcanoes….for about 8 weeks afterwards i kept running out of baking soda and vinegar. 🙂
That’s funny. I can see we might be heading that way. Thanks for stopping by.
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We did a study a couple years ago on Volcanoes, since we live so near Mount St. Helens. I used a lot of resources right from the Internet.
I’ll bet living near Mt St Helens brings the study to life. Would love the opportunity to show an actual volcano to the kids. Thanks for stopping by.
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This is perfect timing. My six year old has been begging me – seriously begging — to do a volcano study complete with working model. THanks!
Hope it works out for you and that you enjoy some of the resources. We have had a great time. Thanks for stopping by.
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These are some great ideas for studying volcanoes!
Thanks. And hope you have fun with them. Thanks for commenting.
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Excellent resources!! Thank you so much for sharing. I love it when a topic can be explored in so many ways!! My kids do too. How do you like Classic Conversations? I saw it once at a homeschool convention and wondered.
We love exploring the subject in any way we can, letting the kids get into it. Classical Conversations is great. Feel free to message me on Facebook and I’ll give you some details. Its great!
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My kids love Volcanoes. If they had their way we would study nothing but Volcanoes for months at a time. Their favorite is making paper mache Volcanoes. They really get into detail with it – grass, trees, rocks… fun stuff.
That’s our next venture, the paper mache volcanoes. I know the kids will love it. We did a paper mache globe and she loved it. Can’t wait to see what they create for their volcano. Thanks for sharing.
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My 5 and 7 year old boys love this book. They both love the MSB series. This is a particular favorite, however, because they think volcanoes are really cool.
Thanks for sharing the Magic School bus video. My kids will love this!