Dino Eruption

Warning!- Not for children under 3 years. Adult supervision required. Follow approved procedures.

Materials

· Dinosaurs

· Bucket kit

· Bowl (not included)

· 2 cups Flour

· 1 cup Salt

· 1 tbs Vegetable oil

· Food coloring (green & red)

· Measuring cup

· 1 cup Water (not included)

· Plastic sand

· Play sand

· 1tbs Baking soda

· 2oz Vinegar

· Dish detergent (pink)

· 3oz Dixie cup

Procedure

1. Grab your flour, sugar, and salt pour them into a mixing bowl, big enough to stir and knead.

2. Add 6 oz of water into your bowl and begin kneading. You do not want your dough to be sticky nor clumpy! If your ingredients are not smoothly combined, add in a bit of water. Too much water will cause sticky dough!

3. Next, place your paper plate onto an easy to clean surface & put your bucket upside down on the plate. *You can design a ground scenery for your dinosaurs on the paper plate!

4. Find the dixie cup and place it on top of the bucket. Mold your dough around the bucket & cup to begin making the volcano.

5. After you have shaped your volcano, decorate it with the sands provided! Now you can place your dinosaurs around the volcano!

6. Pour the dish detergent into the dixie cup, then add the red food coloring and 2 oz. of vinegar.

7. Finale! Open your container of baking soda and pour it into the top of your volcano.

Science Behind it!

Your volcano erupted because there was a chemical reaction between an acid and a base! When baking soda (a base) and vinegar (an acid) combine, they react and produce carbon dioxide bubbles. We exhale carbon dioxide and plants absorb it. Plants give us oxygen!

Brain buster! Volcanic eruptions throw ash and dust into the air. The air pollution can cause climate change. Ash and dust can block sunlight, causing things that depend on the sun to diminish.