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A Visit to Southern Africa - Volcano

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Students examine a cookie that represents pumice and lava in order to realize that lava is a composite of many rock particles. They compare and contrast pumice to the cookie by estimating, weighing, measuring and dissecting the cookie while recording the results.

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lava, rocks

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lava, lava cookies, pumice, rocks, science
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4th - 5th
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Science
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