How Do You Make Flame-Retardant Cotton Balls?
Students who are engaged and active in the learning process retain more of the information that is presented. If you are looking for a science project that your students will find interesting, enhance a lesson about the history of fire damage and methods to make fireproof materials with a hands-on project. Making flame-retardant cotton balls is a science project that will get your students to participate in, enjoy and remember the lesson. Step 1 Put on the rubber gloves and goggles. Anyone who will be exposed to chemicals should be wearing protective equipment. Step 2 Place the bucket on a flat, sturdy surface. Step 3 Pour 1 gallon warm water, 9 oz. borax and 4 oz. boric acid into the bucket, and mix well with the stir stick. Step 4 Soak the cotton balls in the solution, then gently shake excess liquid from each cotton ball and hold it above the bucket until it stops dripping. Step 5 Lay out a section of wax paper large enough to hold the cotton balls, and spread them out so they do no
