Volcanoes!

I volunteered this morning to help out Kaylie's class with their volcano-making project. The kids had already covered their plastic bottles with clay ( to resemble the color of a volcano, not the shape) and today was the day to make the mixture to make them erupt.

The kids were all super excited - all 21 of them.

Here's the recipe for making your very own volcano.

1. Small empty plastic bottle
2. Cover the bottle with clay (to make it the color of a volcano)
3. Place the bottle in a tray (so when it erupts you don't have "lava" all over the place)
4. Add dish soap to the bottom of the bottle
5. Add baking soda
6. Add food coloring (red is perfect!) though blue and green are fab, too.
7. Add vinegar
8. Watch as the ingredients work together to form "lava" that will quickly erupt to the top and spill all over.

As a side note, the kids were so cool and creative. They used clay to make rocks, people and animals that quickly perished when the volcano exploded. LOL
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Volcanoes!

Of Puffer Fishes and Sea Urchins...

When we were discussing Liam's school project we bounced around several ideas...octopus, eels, fishes, but what caught his imagination was a puffer fish we saw on National Geographic. We then remembered that Mrs. Puff, from Spongebob Squarepants, is also a puffer fish, which made up his mind. Liam is very good with concepts but lacks the skills to implement his ideas. The boy can't draw to save his life, but does what he can. If he were asked to write about it, then it would be a totally different scenario. That he can do. Anyway, I thought that the sea urchin was a most original idea and that he should take that project in, but he didn't want to do it. He was just so proud of his sea urchin model that he wanted to keep it at home. Has anyone seen my hairpins? I seem to have lost them all! :)


Liam proudly showing off his SEA URCHIN.

Of Puffer Fishes and Sea Urchins...