Why Do Volcanoes Go BOOM? 🌋 | The Scrapbook Crew | Science Song for Kids

Why do volcanoes go BOOM? Pip, Snip and Old Tuk turn the page of their magic scrapbook and land right next to a smoking volcano! Snip cuts it open (snip-snip!) so we can see what's inside: the crust, the super-hot rock, the magma chamber and the bubbles that push it all up. Then Tuk remembers the day a brand-new island popped out of the sea, and the whole crew sings "Bubble Up!". In this episode kids learn: • magma is melted rock underground — when it comes out, it's called lava • magma floats up because it's lighter than the rock around it • gas bubbles push it out: sticky magma goes BOOM, runny magma oozes • volcanoes build new land, like Hawaii and Surtsey (Iceland, 1963) Chapters 0:00 The scrapbook is wiggling! 0:19 A giant smoking mountain 0:48 What's inside a volcano? 2:26 Volcanoes build islands 3:15 Song: Bubble Up! 4:32 What's on the next page? Facts checked with: USGS Volcano Hazards Program — usgs.gov/programs/VHP/about-volcanoes USGS — "What is the difference between magma and lava?" USGS — "How hot is hot when it comes to volcanoes?" USGS — Hawaiian islands and hotspots (pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/Hawaiian.html) UNESCO / IUCN — Surtsey World Heritage Site National Geographic Education — Earth's mantle The Scrapbook Crew is a hand-made paper cut-out cartoon. Every episode is researched, written and directed by a real person; the characters and voices are storytelling tools.