Meredith loves doing science experiments. She has really wanted to do a particular one that involves building a volcano out of clay and then using baking soda and vinegar for the lava. We don’t have everything we would need to do it indoors right now, but we suggested she build a volcano outside using mud.
First she built up the base around a jar.
We added red food colouring, a few drops of dish soap, and some vinegar into the jar. Then she spooned in some baking soda…
And was thrilled to see the “lava” explode out immediately afterwards.
She had a blast playing with the “lava”, spreading it around, watching it soak into the dirt and mud. She noticed that it always went in one direction only, and thought that might be because the jar was a little crooked. She then scooped everything out of the jar and we did it again. I think this instantly became one of her favourite experiments we have done. Definitely one we will be trying again. It reminds me of this project which we have done twice now, and I think will be repeated again this summer for sure too.
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