Our oldest son, who's in 3rd grade, brought home the classic "build a volcano and make it explode" class project. We started with several items that were essentially recycled: an empty soda bottle, a leftover piece of plywood for the base, a cardboard box and our old phone book. In class, the volcano was subjected to the classic baking soda and vinegar experiment to simulate an explosion. Our son told us that his volcano had the most powerful explosion in the class.

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A model volcano is a classic science fair project idea. To construct a model volcano you will simply need to mold clay around a film canister and cause a chemical reaction to occur inside of the volcano. Students will visually learn the...

It's been a long time since I posted a school project. But since the top searches on my blog always lead to our rainforest diorama and atom...

Try these fun and educational activities for kids. Make a volcano, a tornado, glitter jars (like snow globes), giant bubbles, dry ice bubbles, and more.