Discovery time

We squeezed some lemon juice and put it in a container. We wanted to know what would happen when we added some baking soda to it.

We added the baking soda and stirred it around.

Straight away we noticed that the baking soda and lemon juice had a reaction. It started to go fizzy.

It fizzed up to the top of the cup. What would happen if we added more baking soda?

Wow. It went right over the side. What a reaction. Did it do what we thought?

Yes, most of us thought it would fizz but not many of us thought it would go right over the top of the cup.

maybe you can try this experiment at home to show Mum and Dad.

Continuing stories about Mt Tongariro

Nicholas. Yesterday the volcano made smoke and it was white. When you looked back there was ice on the top and at the bottom. The black was rocks and there was ash on the road. There was a truck cleaning the ash off the road.

Joshua. Yesterday there was a volcano eruption. There was ash on the roads. Some of the roads got blocked because it was dangerous. It was dangerous to go outside. The ash was on the road. Some police had to go on the mountain to see if anyone was hurt.

Fletcher. Last night a volcano erupted. I smelt the smoke. It was stinky, very very stinky. I heard from the news but I did not smell it. My Dad smelt it. Last night I couldn't have my window open because dad thought I smelt it. Some experts found out that the volcano had erupted.

Thomas. Last night the volcano erupted. I could see smoke. The volcano was throwing rocks and I know why the volcano erupted because of all of the earthquakes. The volcano smells like rotten eggs and there is lots of ash.

matthew. Yesterday there was a volcano eruption at Mt Tongariro. There was rocks and smoke. It became blurry. It was hrad to see. It was covered everywhere. It was scary because it was smoke and there was ash.

George. Yesterday a volcano erupted lots of smoke and rocks. There was ash on the road. A truck had a plough to push the ash off the road so the cars can go through. A horse got some ash on it. Someone brushed it off. The ash covered the hills.

Ben. Yesterday the volcano erupted and it smelled like rotten eggs. It threw rocks and hot steam came out. The ash went onto the road.

Katelyn. Last night the volcano was smoking and in the inside of the volcano there was hot lava and inside it was hot and it was erupting to and it was smelly and it is sticky too and all the rocks fall down the hills.

Charlotte. Yesterday a volcano erupted. I could smell it. It smelt like rotten eggs. It was dark on the news. It was really interesting. It was smoky and the good scientists are investigating to see if another volcano will explode. It is big.

Ambrosio. The volcano eruption exploded. It threw ash out. The explosion was on the road. It was all over the whole road. It was smelly like rotten eggs. It was amazing. It was awesome because it shot out all the smoke.

Mt Tongaririo Eruption

In Room 10 we have written stories about the eruption at Mt Tongariro. We wrote after watching a u Tube clip of the news items the day following the eruption.

Joseph. Tuesday morning the volcano erutped in Mount Tongariro, Taupo. On the road there is smoke. When I woke up I smelled some and it smelled like rotten eggs.

Ezrah. The volcano is awesome becuse I like seeing the rocks. The smoke went up in the air.

Kayla. Today we watched a video of a volcano. It was going to be cold if people did go in the snow yesterday. It happened. They had snow. It was very cold. The volcano exploded. The rocks went up and up.

Blake. Tonight the volcano at Mt Tongariro erupted. I can smell the smoke. It smells like rotten eggs.

Tayla. Yesterday the volcano erupted and all the rocks came out. The smoke came out to the volcano. All the smoke went in to peoples houses. ben smelled it. It smelt like rotten eggs.

Connor. Yesterday Mt Tongariro had an erution. It poured ash on the road. A big truck came to wipe the ash off the road. A horse got ash on it. The ash went all over roofs and trees.

Patrick. At Mt Tongaririo lots of rocks came out of the volcano. It smelt like rotten eggs. A horse got some ash covering his back.

Jasmine. The volcano erupted on Tuesday. and I saw smoke coming out of the volcano.

Hayley. Yesterday just before midnight our volcano erupted. It's the one near taupo. I know about it because I heard it on the news. For a volcano to erupt big stones came out and then comes out lava. It smells like rotten eggs because of the sulphur.