This week’s Family Friday will get you will make a volcano. After reading about this natural occurrence in our Earth and Sky series, you will get to see your very own erupt. Have fun!
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What you need:
- 1 piece of paper
- Tape
- Bottle of soda
- Mentos
*You will want to do this outside, it may get messy.
Step 1
Open up your Footsteps2Brilliance App, and go to Level 2 (Yellow). In Earth and Sky, find the book Earth and Sky U-Z. Read the book and be sure to touch the illustrations to see the pictures come alive!
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Step 2
Tape a piece of paper in a cone around the soda bottle. This will make it look like a volcano. You may want to decorate it, but it will likely get wet with lava!
Step 3
Drop a few mentos in to the soda bottle, and watch it erupt!
![IMG_3774 earth and sky](https://www.footsteps2brilliance.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_3774-scaled.jpeg)