Video Assignment

Now that you have read the text and thought about the questions I posed, go to Lesson 8 in Canvas and watch "Plastic: The Secret Life of Materials" (51 minutes) about the manmade and artificial materials which have changed how we live. In "Plastic: The Secret Life of Materials," materials scientist Dr. Mark Miodownik explains how we have turned our backs on nature and began to create our own better and cheaper materials.