Steve Spangler Science World Record Coors Field Erupts With Experiments From Over 5,000 Excited Science Students

DENVER, May 8, 2009 - Steve Spangler Science, in conjunction with 9News and the Colorado Rockies, were awarded a Guinness World Record May 7, 2009 for the Largest Physics Lesson.

As part of the 1st Annual Weather & Science Day, Steve Spangler Science was awarded the Guiness World Record for the Largest Physics Lesson, with 5,401 participants over a span of 51 minutes. Danny Girton, official adjudicator for Guinness World Records, was on hand to verify the record-breaking event and presented Steve Spangler and his team with an official Guinness World Record certificate at the close of the presentation.

Steve Spangler and Kathy Sabine meteorologist extraordinaire, from 9News (KUSA-TV in Denver), were hosts for the day and gave each student a chance to participate in breaking the world record with a Windbag experiment placed at every seat.

“It was really great to see so many kids getting excited about science, and I’m pretty sure they learned a thing or two along the way,” said Sabine after the event where she was soaked in both Diet Coke and a Liquid Nitrogen Cloud - all in the name of science.

Steve Spangler has been sharing his passion for making science fun with Colorado students and teachers in classrooms and on television for twenty years. Steve is known for getting people excited about teaching and learning with his eye-catching - and often explosive - demonstrations.

“While obtaining the world record was terrific, what’s even more important is that our partners, 9News and the Colorado Rockies, allowed us the opportunity to show thousands of kids that science is not only fun, it can be meaningful too,” said Spangler just after throwing out the first pitch for the Rockies vs. Giants game following Weather and Science Day.

Science and Weather Day was the first annual event of its kind, presented at Coors Field by Steve Spangler Science, 9News and the Colorado Rockies.

For more information about Steve Spangler, visit his blog at www.SteveSpangler.com and his on-line business at www.SteveSpanglerScience.com. ##

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