Explosive Volcano Science Adventure
A Journey into Earth's Fiery Mountains Year 4 Science Exploration
What is a Volcano?
A volcano is a mountain that can erupt Hot liquid rock comes out of the top The liquid rock is called lava Volcanoes are found all around the world
Parts of a Volcano
Crater - the opening at the top Magma - hot liquid rock underground Lava - magma that flows out Magma chamber - underground storage
What Happens When a Volcano Erupts?
Think about what you might see What sounds might you hear? How does the lava move?
Make Your Own Volcano Erupt!
We'll use baking soda and vinegar Add red food coloring for lava Watch the bubbles and fizzing This is like a real eruption!
Amazing Volcanoes Around the World
Volcano Vocabulary Match
Match the word to the picture Point to the correct answer Use our new volcano words Crater, Magma, Lava, Eruption
What We Learned Today
Volcanoes are mountains that erupt lava Lava comes from the crater at the top We made our own volcano erupt Volcanoes are found all over the world