how to make a volcano model

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.

This volcano project uses all four of our primary senses – smell, touch, sight, and hearing. You can tell by using these four senses that this is not something you want to eat, so we won’t be using our sense of taste in this project! But we’ll be able to smell the vinegar, touch the... Read more »

This is a very fast and very easy way to make a volcano. You use dough that you mix from water, flour and salt.

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...

God created the world in seven days. But, it won't take you that long to make a paper mache volcano model. The best thing about a paper mache volcano is watching 'the volcano eruption'!

Make this paper mache volcano to learn more about volcanoes and the Earth. This is a fun activity for kids and parents alike!