my name is Margaret Morgan I'm a science educator I work for a company called mad science so today we're gonna talk about volcanoes and how to make them first we're going to talk about real volcanoes and what makes them erupted and then we're going to talk about different ways to build a volcano and then we're going to talk about different ways to make your volcano erupt so the materials that we're going to be using today to make our volcano first of all we have air dry clay which we're going to use to actually construct the volcano itself we're also going to use this bottle we're gonna have this inside the volcano it's gonna this is where the actual reaction is going to take place and here we have some wood this is just gonna be for decoration around the volcano and some trees also just for decoration and here is our vinegar and our baking soda your basic ingredients for El volcanoes are baking soda and vinegar but to make a more exciting volcano you might want to add you know food coloring to make the lava you know red or orange we're going to use kool-aid today it's red so we're gonna use that to color our lava and we have gelatin here gelatin makes your lava chunky and then we also have diet coke and mentos that's gonna be all our alternative magma today so we're not working with anything too dangerous today it's basically gonna be baking soda and vinegar it is an acid-base reaction but it's a mild acid in a mild base but you know just make sure you have an adult around when you're doing this and it does get very messy so make sure you're prepared to do some cleanup as far as my credentials go I have a bachelor's degree in biology and since I graduated from college I've been working as a science educator I worked at a local Nature Park in their nature science summer camp and since then I have worked for Mad Science so I go to schools all over Pinellas County and teach kids about science and inspire imaginative learning by making volcanoes and making slime and doing all sorts of fun stuff like that alright in our next clip we're going to talk about real volcanoes and what makes them erupt you