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Scientific Exploration
All children love to learn about the world around us. At Beststart Wairakei Road, we love to explore different scientific concepts. Recently our children have been particularly interested in learnng about nature, the solar system, weather and even volcanos. Our children also like to make mountains and rivers in the sandpit so we decided to combine the two interests and make an active volcano. We created a huge mountain of sand and we chatted about lava, fire and explosions. We added baking soda, vinegar and red dye to the sand mountain and watched as our “volcano” erupted. This learning experience is repeated more than once as the chemical reactions are just so much fun to watch!