Bouncing Polymer Ball Materials Here's a list of materials you need to gather to make bouncing polymer balls: © borax (Found in the laundry section ofthe store) ccomstare (found inthe baking section ofthe store) white glue (¢.2 Elmer's glue = makes an opaque bal) or blue or eter school glue (makes a translucent ball) ‘© food coloring (option ‘+ measuring spoons © spoon or erat stick to str the mixture © 2 smal plastic eups or ather containers for mixing, smarking pen © atch with a second hand © metric ruler ‘© ip-lock plastic bagote Procedure 1 Label one cup ‘Borax Solution’ and the other cup Ball Mixture. 2. Pout 2 tablespoons warm water and 1/2 teaspoon borax powder into the cup labeled Borax Solution issolve the borax. Add food coloring, if desire. Stir the mixture to 3, Pou 1 tablespoon of glue into the cup labeled Ball Mixture’. Add 1/2 teaspoon of the borax solution you just made and 1 tablespoon of comstarch, Do not stir, Allow the ingredients to inieract on their own for 10-15 seconds and then stir them, together to fully mix. Once the mixture becomes impossible to sti, take it out ofthe eup and start molding the ball sith your hands. “The bal wil start out sticky and messy, but will solidify as you knead it ‘Once the balls less sticky, go ahead and bounce itt ‘You can store your plastic bal in a sealed ziploc bag when you are finished playing with it Dont eat the materials used to make the ball or the ball itself, Wash your work area, utensils, and hands when you have ‘completed this activity