Speech Lava Lamps! Speech Therapy Science Experiment Visuals and Worksheets

Bring science to your speech sessions! I created this resource to be a companion to making home made lava lamps. This is great for whole group lessons or to use as a celebration activity (I do activities like this once per 6 weeks). Non-Alka Seltzer Recipe! Only four ingredients (vegetable oil, baking soda, food coloring, and vinegar).

Please note: I am not a science teacher, these were not designed for science classes (although the visual supports could be incorporated into science lessons). This product is great for following directions, sequencing, describing, and having fun (not meant to teach the scientific method).

This unit was created to target speech and language goals while making mini lava lamps. This is great for small group lesson or inclusion lessons.

 What’s included:

• Lava lamp supplies list and instructions with pictures
• Supplies checklist with pictures (laminate and use with a dry erase marker)
• Lava lamp visual recipe page
• Lava lamp sequencing boards (2 versions: level 1 is easier with the numbers attached, level 2 is harder without the numbers)
• Real photo visual recipe
• Lava lamp visuals for describing and defining
• Core and Fringe Vocabulary Communication Board
• Lava lamp describe it page
• Practice reinforcer page (practice a target after each step of the experiment)
• Lava lamp comprehension/recall/inferencing questions (one with picture support)
• How to make a lava lamp recall page for students
• Lava Lamp/Volcano Venn Diagram
• Lava lamp themed Speech and Language Worksheets
  • Categories (name the category & name items in a category).
  • Volcano Positions (positional vocabulary)
  • Compare/Contrast
  • Which one Doesn’t Belong
  • Defining
  • Describing
  • Antonyms
  • Synonyms
  • Multiple Meaning Words
  • Articulation Pages for the following sounds: Initial/final p/b/m (for bilabials and final consonants), final t, d, n (for final consonants), initial/medial/final: k, g, f, v, l, s, z, sh, ch, th, lblends, , sblends (sp, st, sm, sn, sk, sl, sw, mixed), pre-vocalic r, er, or, ar, air, ear, & rblends. I also included blank open-ended pages

 Assembly Instructions:

• Print out the supplies list/instructions page to be used as a reference page (or place in page protector).
• Laminate the checklist and use with a dry erase marker (or print and use with marker/pencil).
• Laminate the visual recipe page.
• Choose a sequencing board (one has numbers attached to the steps {easier} and one has the numbers on the board). Laminate the board and the strips with the steps. Place velcro on the board and on the back of the strips.
• Cut out and laminate the describe/define visuals to sue during the activities.
• Print out the worksheets (no prep!).

 To use: Complete the experiment (please supervise students closely), use at your own discretion. Use the visual recipes and sequencing boards appropriate to your students’ needs. Please follow all safety precautions in your setting. Choose which worksheets you want the students to complete (you can easily use this packet over several sessions leading up to or after your do the experiment). I have my students sign the contract before we do the experiment. All of the activities included are to be used at the therapist’s discretion depending on the students they are working with. At the end of the session, we put the caps on tightly (I use super glue) and attach the contract (promising not to take it out of their backpacks until they get home).

 I complete this unit over 2 therapy sessions. The first session I will introduce the experiment and we will complete some of the themed speech and language worksheets. We complete the experiment the 2nd session and fill out the follow up worksheets to continue the learning process. There are enough worksheets included that you could use this pack across several sessions.

 Tip: Talk about what you are seeing as the lava lamps are fizzing. Talk about what happens after it stops fizzing. You could even let the bottles sit over night and see what they look like the next day!

This download is a zipped file, make sure you understand how to unzip a file before you buy (most computers do it automatically). If you are downloading on a tablet or phone, you must have a file unzip app to access it. Please email me pandaspeech@gmail.com if you have any questions before purchasing.

Please note: This file will be delivered in a zipped compressed file (it contains 4 files for the different versions described above and building cards). 

To unzip on a Mac:

1. Double click the zipped file.
2. The file will automatically be decompressed by Archive Utility into the same folder the compressed file is in.
3. Access the extracted files by clicking the appropriate icons.
4. You can drag them into a file on your computer or add them to your Google Drive or Dropbox.

To unzip on a PC:

1. Double-click the zip file you want to unzip OR right-click to select Extract All, and then follow the instructions.
2. The zip file will open a folder, showing you the individual files inside.
3. Select all the files and drag them out of the folder to another location on your computer.

***This is a digital download, you are responsible for printing the product to use.  This purchase is a ONE user license, sharing this file in any way is not permitted. Please respect copyright laws. Exception: You may share a page with your student's caregiver for home practice.