Making Volcanoes - History of Thera

Today was history day!

We have chosen The Story of the World - Ancient Times and we really like it! The stories are short, there are lots of activities, and coloring pages, & you can also expand on the lesson with suggested materials and books!

We just started studying Greek History, it is a favorite so far. The kids enjoy the mythology & archaeology is all the rage in the house right now - Greek history & artifacts are one of Allison's favorite the other is biblical archaeology, but that is a whole 'nother post :)

Anyway, we read about Crete and Thera & Minotaurs today...very exciting!

Since Thera was wiped out by a volcano we decided to recreate volcanoes. Each kid got out their science tub and started collecting thing around the yard to recreate the island.

Allison's "Thera"

Scott'y "Thera"

 For Christmas each kid got a mad scientist kit that I put together & it had most of the ingredients to create a volcano (bottle, baking soda) we add the vinegar from the kitchen.

Mad scientist kit I made each of them for Christmas. It includes enough materials to make 6 experiments and a workbook that I created, with extra writing activities and space to write their conclusions.

So here we go! Allison adding the vinegar to the bottle...what happened?

It erupted and covered the "island" in "lava"!

They had a lot of fun building the islands, but mostly making the volcano erupt, they must have done it 10 times! Always fun and keeps them entertained for a bit.

We also had some company. Our girls can never stay away, they are always chasing us around thinking we have some treats!