Educating Our Eagles - Issue 13

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL:
Snow volcano
With the use of baking soda, food coloring, and vinegar, Ms. Bleau’s prekindergarten
students explored reactions through volcanos, color, and snow!
The class created a volcano with the added bonus of coloring the surrounding
snow. The class discussed how the ingredients they used would mix together and what
type of reaction would occur. They were excited to watch as the liquid bubbled over to
color the snow!
As a result of instruction, students will be able to:
• observe a science experiment and understand what a reaction is.
• observe color theory in action.
Observations:
As the class continued to add more baking soda and vinegar to the experiment, the various
colors mixed together. Yellow and blue made green, red and blue made purple. The students
were excited to watch the process and reaction in real time and learned about color theory and
science while havng a lot of fun!
MA Standards:
PS1-4
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