Create a Dinosaur Volcano Small World.
Baking soda science experiments are always fun and filled with learning opportunities.
Hooray for erupting dinosaur volcanos with baking soda science! A perfect experiment for a  rainy afternoon. I wanted a neat science activity for our dinosaur week. I picked a dinosaur volcano experiment with messy sensory play. 123 Homeschool 4 Me did this type of bin (click here).  I thought the dinosaur volcano sensory bin would be perfect for us.
Simple and quick dinosaur volcano set up!
To make the dinosaur volcano, I filled a salad dressing bottle, with warm water and red food coloring. I left a couple inches empty toward the top. I also add about 5 drops of dish detergent. Â I like to use containers that have a narrow opening to really achieve a nice volcano effect We smooshed homemade play dough around the bottle. Use whatever you like, paint it, or make it bigger!
 He poured a box of baking soda into the bin and helped me spread it around. Then we placed the dinosaur volcano and a pool of blue vinegar in the bin as well. This extended the activity with more fizzing action. He arranged his dinosaurs and rocks. We even sprinkled some italian seasonings for their food!Â
What a great sensory bin idea! It must have been so exciting for him to watch his volcano “erupt!”
how did he cope with the smell? As my son just can’t cope – what sort of vinegar did you use, as maybe its a better smelling kind than the one we usually use for these experiments here in Sweden!
This is fun – I wonder if the diet coke and mentoes would work for this too?
Hmmm. Well it didn’t really seem to bother either of us. I actually had him sprinkle spices for pretend food and in the end it did sort of smell like an italian bread baking! I just used a cheap bottle of white vinegar. I bet the diet coke and mentos would work! Hope you get to make a volcano!
This looks like so much fun! We are featuring your post this week for Share It Saturday on Sugar Aunts!
Colleen
I think it must be different vinegar then… you would have certainly noticed the smell of the kind typically used…
the Italian bread smell sounds much better!
Love this! I will be featuring this post in my Homeschool Review on Friday. Thanks for sharing!
Love the pics and the fun. Featuring at Family Fun Friday!
Monica
http://happyandblessedhome.com/category/family-fun/
Thanks again, for a wonderful resource. I linked to this from my Homeschool Review post.
Thanks so much for mentioning us! We have been doing a lot of color mixing this week for primary and secondary colors.
Awesome. I am glad you like it all! Thanks for the link!
I just wanted to stop by to say a quick Thank You for the inspiration for this dinosaur sensory bin! We just finished a mini dinosaur unit and created a similar dinosaur / volcano bin, which was a huge hit with my daughter!
http://unschooltheteacher.blogspot.com/2013/08/fun-with-dinosaurs.html
Thanks again!!
I loved “making lava” when I was a kid! Totally doing this with my littlest tomorrow. Thanks for sharing at Magic Moments Monday!
Love this bin! I’m on it this week! The kiddos will have a blast. Thank you for sharing!
PS Coming over from Teaching Preschool blog!
This is wonderful! Thanks so much for linking up to Discover & Explore this week 😉