The Volcano Experiment with Remy
Remy builds a volcano for the science fair, and the experiment goes bubbly wrong!
The school science fair was tomorrow, and Remy had a plan: a volcano that really erupted. With Hugo the hedgehog, Remy made a mountain from clay and painted it brown.
Inside the crater went baking soda, a squirt of soap and some pink paint. Then Remy poured in a little vinegar. FIZZ! Bubbles climbed out of the volcano, lava-red and frothy.
‘More!’ cried Hugo. Remy poured more vinegar. And more. FIZZ-FIZZ-WHOOSH! A huge wave of pink foam spilled over the table and onto the floor. It reached Hugo’s shoes!
They looked at each other, and burst out laughing. ‘Too much vinegar!’ said Remy. They mopped up, and Remy wrote in a notebook: ‘Use only a little. Measure carefully.’
At the fair, Remy did the experiment again, perfectly. The foam rose slowly and spilled gently. Otto the elephant clapped. ‘Excellent,’ said Otto. ‘And I love your notes on what went wrong.’
The little lesson
Mistakes are part of discovering how things work.
Let’s talk about it
- What makes a volcano fizz?
- What would you do differently?
Finish stories to collect Remy as a sticker in your Sticker Book.
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