Jenna & Serhat Spring 2015
Volcanoes!
Explosions, flowing lava, island formation, and mountain building! Come join us for five weeks of exploring volcanoes. We’ll learn through hands-on, interactive activities about how different types of volcanoes are formed, what makes them erupt, and how they are constantly changing the surface of our Earth.
Week 1 (2/7) – Volcano Basics
Materials: Library Books, coloring pages, crayons, pencils, white paper, markers, 3 bags flour, 3 big containers salt, 1 small container cooking oil, 6 cups water, 3 large bowls, 3 baking pans (turkey pans or shallow and wide plastic tubs), red food coloring, 1 bottle liquid detergent, 1 small container baking soda, 3 bottles vinegar, 3 - 1 cup measuring cups, 3 - 1 tbs. measuring spoons, 3 large spoons, multi-colored construction paper, glue (1 per child), tape (scotch and/or masking – 12), rocks & sand (pile of each)
9:20am Hello! Greet Parents and Kids Enthusiastically
Sign-in and Get Nametags
9:30am Welcome to Saturday Science!
Name Game
Expectations
Introduction to Theme and today’s topic (Both)
9:45am Layers of the Earth - Magic School Bus: Inside the Earth Book
10:00am Bathroom Break - Bill Nye: Volcanoes
10:30am Let’s make a Volcano!
Baking soda & Vinegar clay volcano – Chemical vs. Physical Reactions
12:00pm Parent Pick-up
Week 2 (2/14) – Volcanoes Up Close
Materials: Library Books, coloring pages, crayons, pencils, white paper, markers, 24 paper plates, 6 vanilla frosting containers, 6 plastic knives, 2 boxes of graham crackers, 12 hard-boiled brown eggs, construction paper (lots of brown, red, and orange, plus others), scissors (1 per child), glue (1 per child), Shoe boxes (1 per child), construction paper, rocks & sand (pile of each), pieces of sticks, clay (enough for all students)
9:20am Hello! Greet Parents and Kids Enthusiastically
Sign-in and Get Nametags
9:30am Welcome to Saturday Science!
Review last week’s activities
Introduce today’s topic – Read Volcanoes by Franklyn M. Branley
9:45am Plate Tectonics
Hard Boiled Eggs
Graham Crackers and Frosting
Types of Volcanoes
10:30am Snack and Bathroom Break - Magic School Bus: Blows its Top
11:00am Volcano Dioramas Part I
12:00pm Parent Pick-up
Week 3 (2/21) – Volcanoes from Around the World
Materials: Library Books, coloring pages, crayons, pencils, white paper, marker, World map (Serhat has), rocks (different sizes), clear piece of plastic (size of a piece of paper or larger), pictures of well-known volcanoes
9:20am Hello! Greet Parents and Kids Enthusiastically
Sign-in and Get Nametags - Distribute T-Shirts
9:30am Welcome to Saturday Science!
Review last week’s activities
Introduce today’s topic –Show In Pictures: Hawaii Volcanoes – The Continuing Story
9:45am Hawaiian Islands activity
10:30am Guest Speaker – Susan
Volcanic Rock Formation
11:00 Bathroom Break – 1960 Hawaiian Volcanic Eruption Video
11:15am Read Stories from Hawaii: Pele and the Hog Man
Lo’ihi Formation on National Geographic
Mapping of well-known volcanoes
12:00pm Parent Pick-up
Week 4 (2/28) – Volcano Games
Materials: Library Books, coloring pages, crayons, pencils, white paper, marker, 2 - 2 litre full Diet Cokes, 200 Mentos tablets, 2 funnels, 2 long ropes, 4-6 orange cones, Diorama materials – plus paints, brushes, and clay “lava”
9:20am Hello! Greet Parents and Kids Enthusiastically
Sign-in and Get Nametags
9:30am Welcome to Saturday Science!
Review last week’s activities
Introduce today’s topic – Read Volcano Rising by Elizabeth Rusch
9:45am Volcano Dioramas Part II
10:30am Bathroom Break – Villarrica eruption in southern Chile
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-31721795
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxlwCuERmWU
11:00am Volcano Games
Cross the Volcanic River
Shield Volcanoes vs. Cinder Cones vs. Stratovolcanoes
Transform A’a into Pa’hoe’hoe
Minute-to-Win-It Game – Diet Coke and Mentos
Wreck-It Ralph (54 min & 1 hr. 23 min.)
12:00pm Parent Pick-up
Week 5 (3/8) – Volcano Wrap-up
Materials: Library Books, coloring pages, crayons, pencils, white paper, markers, scissors (1 per child), glue (1 per child), Diorama materials, Scavenger Hunt materials
9:20am Hello! Greet Parents and Kids Enthusiastically
Sign-in and Get Nametags - Distribute Certificates
9:30am Welcome to Saturday Science!
Review last week’s activities
Introduce today’s topic – Read Gopher to the Rescue!: A Volcano Recovery Story
9:45am Volcano safety
10.00am Volcano Stations
Re-cap some activities that we covered
10:45am Bathroom Break
11:00am Volcano Scavenger Hunt
Re-cap of all 5 weeks
11:30am Volcano Dioramas Part III - Finish
Share your diorama
12:00pm Parent Pick-up