Buttercup received a
volcano building kit as a gift and of course, I turned it into a whole lesson!
Like all of my other lessons, I had to start from scratch, research the material, and put together our lesson.
Basically this is what we did:
- Make a book to keep all of our information
- Review or learn vocabulary related to volcanoes
- Talk about the Earth's layers
- Learn about the 3 types of volcanoes
- Find pictures of each type of volcano and discuss the differences
- Find famous volcanoes that fit into each of the 3 catergories
- Learn about each one
- Compile our book
- Do the science activity - build our own volcano
- Take pictures to include in our volcano book
- Do an oral presentation!
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| The volcano mold |
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| Mixing the plaster |
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| Before painting |
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| Little houses to decorate around the volcano |
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| A graph with important vocabulary |
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| The words to know page of our volcano book |
Buttercup had so much fun learning all about
volcanoes. She really loves to do her own research on the internet and find pictures and information. I taught her how to search for what she wants and she's gotten really good at it.
I thought it was a good idea to start learning how to
give a presentation, so we included that as the final part of the project.
Happy Homeschooling Adventures!
