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| AN ERUPTING VOLCANO: Vesuvius is the only active volcano on the mainland of Europe. It is probably the most famous volcano in the world. It is a composite volcano, made up of alternate layers of ash and lava. Composite volcanoes normally have two different kinds of eruptions. One kind produces mostly ash and cinders. The other kind produces lava. Did you know that it took only about four minutes for the boiling mud to flow from Vesuvius to Herculaneum, a distance of about 7 kilometres (4 miles)? | |||||||||
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The children of Year 5/6K finished making and painting their volcanos. |
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Then it was time for them to erupt. Can you see the ingredients the children used? |
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Some even had houses to make them more realistic. |
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Then the big eruption!!! |
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Here's one of the ingredients - red food dye. The other two were bi-carbonate soda and vinegar!! |
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