Splatter, shatter or bounce? A 100-pound ball of Silly Putty drops 141 feet

On Tuesday, June 18, high school students at a North Carolina State University engineering camp saw first-hand how materials react under pressure when they watched a 100-pound ball of Silly Putty drop from the roof of the 11-story, 141-foot-tall D.H. Hill Library onto the campus Brickyard.

The 100-pound ball shattered upon impact. Watch the drop.

The event was held for rising high school juniors and seniors as part of Materials Camp, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering’s weeklong summer outreach program. The College of Engineering at NC State sponsors the camp and other summer programs in major engineering disciplines.