Volcanoes

Hooray!!! The book Hill of Fire came from the library! So we decided to make one last stop in Mexico before we move on to Canada. We read the Hill of Fire by Thomas P. Lewis. Then we watched All About Volcanoes by Schlessinger Science Library. We followed that up with the book "The Magic School Bus Blows its Top" and then played the Magic School Bus Blows Its Top Game by Scholastic. Of course, no unit would be complete without stopping by Homeschool Share's website and printing out the lap book materials available there. This time, there were tons of volcano materials available to go along with Hill of Fire. Naturally, we also had to demonstrate a model of a volcano. I let DS#1 lead this activity, as he has done this several times before. He loves having the opportunity to teach the younger kids something new :-)
Later, we went to Homeschool Share's Volcano Unit Study and Lapbook items, where we found loads more items. And this paper volcano model was right up my kids' alley- the boys were able to complete them themselves, while DD needed just a little help :-)