Make Your Own Silicone Bouncy Ball with Marissa Shepherd, 12+YRS

How are plastics made? Why do plastics take so long to degrade?

Come explore these questions and more as you make your own silicone bouncy ball. Watch a polymerization reaction create a bouncy ball in your hand, then compete with other patrons to see who can bounce the ball the highest!

Marissa Shepherd is a professor of chemistry at Rogue Community College – Riverside Campus