Continuing with our volcano studies, the Scientists have begun Phase One of their volcano creation-making the volcano! The base of the volcano was made of cardboard and an old pretzel container, and from that, creativity ran wild. The students were presented with strips of cut up newspaper, and they watched as we made paper mache glue right before their very eyes (for those interested, it was just a mix of flour and water!)! After we got the consistency right, it was time to make a mess.
We decided to use paper mache to make our volcano so that we can (hopefully) paint it tomorrow. To do this, we stuck our strips of paper in the paper mache, wiped off the excess, and stuck it on! To make successful paper mache creations, we had to make sure we covered the entire structure in treated newspaper.
We decided to use paper mache to make our volcano so that we can (hopefully) paint it tomorrow. To do this, we stuck our strips of paper in the paper mache, wiped off the excess, and stuck it on! To make successful paper mache creations, we had to make sure we covered the entire structure in treated newspaper.
To my surprise it was the girls who jumped right in to making a big mess. The boys helped a little, but the girls were the ones covered with paper mache in the end!
After our volcano is dry and painted, we will make it erupt with the same experiment we tested yesterday on the playground.
Stay tuned to see what our volcano looks like after we have painted it!!
-Alison Simpson
great job! such messy hands!
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