students looking at homemade lava lamps

Friday, October 7th, students in Ms. Bailey's 1st Grade class at Shenandoah Elementary School,  participated in a "mystery science experiment." Students combined water, vegetable oil, food coloring and Alka-Seltzer tablets. Students made hypotheses beforehand and drew their observations throughout. At the end, we discovered they actually had made homemade lava lamps! Students were very intrigued by the results. 


Student adds color to lava lamp  Student stares at lava lamp  Students watch the liquids mix