Jan. 14, 2009 - The Bouncy Ball That Wouldn't
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Using BORAX, we made a bouncy ball today......

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Two cups, borax solution and ball mixture

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We mixed borax and warm water for the borax solution

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Then added food coloring....

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Then a tablespoon of glue to the ball cup

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and to the glue we added a little bit of borax solution and cornstarch, and let it sit

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Then begin stirring, once you can't stir any longer, take it out and use your hands....

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Now its supposed to bounce......however, ours did not.

We are going to try again another time and see what the problem is. Maybe look for a different site for the instructions. Here is the site we used.

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Jan. 14, 2009 - <em>Untitled Comment</em>
Posted by loobylou1971
HI

Thanks for your kind comment. The LEA visit went very well thank you.She said that we were committed to home educating our children, and that we enjoyed doing it.

Also I have just typed a post about bullying, which I would really appreciate comments on if possible.

Lou x

Edited by loobylou1971 on Jan. 14, 2009 at 4:49 PM
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Jan. 14, 2009 - What a great blog!
Posted by MaxwellAcademy
Just dropping by your blog, what a lot of great ideas! We just started some new curriculum, so once we get into the swing of it I plan on starting a lot more science experiments and the mold one looks like a great place to start. Thanks for the great ideas, looks like your family has a lot of fun in your homeschool.
Dianna
www.homeschoolblogger.com/maxwellacademy
www.homeschoolblogger.com/hsbcompanyfrontporch (I'm the craft writer)
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Jan. 17, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by cahanbury
We are totally going to try this!
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Jan. 17, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Christin
Awww what a bummer! Hope you can figure out what went wrong!
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Jan. 17, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Patiecake
That is such a cool idea. Thanks for sharing it. I haven't been around much lately so I am catching up on blogs.
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Jan. 18, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Joycemarie
I haven't stopped by and said hello for a long time...how are you? I loved your ball idea...your such a great teacher!

Have a blessed week,
Joyce
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Jan. 19, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Fiffi
Oh My ..... that can be SOOOO frustrating (AND DISAPOINTING!) when an Experiment doesn't work!!!
Love Fifi
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