UV Beads Help Students Understand the Importance of Sunscreen
You might have seen t-shirts or special jewelry (beads) that changes color in sunlight. UV Beads look like ordinary white beads used to make a craft project, but embedded in the plastic is a special pigment that changes color when exposed to…
ABC News Breaks the Mentos Story… only three years late!
This story came across my Google alerts today from the crack team at ABC News... "Science of Mentos-Diet Coke Explosions Explained." My fingers couldn't click on the link fast enough. New research finally explains this amazing phenomenon? Here's…
Mentos Geyser Records Keep Exploding
So, America throws it back to the Europeans... from Louisville, KY to Turiba University in Latvia there is a new Mentos and Diet Coke World record. On June 19th, 1,911 students from Business University Turiba in Latvia launched an amazing…
Experiment of the Week Travels to Germany
It’s great to get your e-mails and photos of your children and students doing the science activities featured in our Experiment of the Week. These photos are from Sheila Allen, just one of a number of great teachers in the Department of…
Kentucky Students Set New MENTOS Geyser Record
Not to be out-done by Europeans, students at Male High School in Louisville, KY, set off 300 more geysers than the previous record-breaking effort just a few months ago in Belgium. School officials thought exploding Diet Coke and MENTOS would…
Spangler Science Ambassador Wins H-E-B Award
There are many reasons why we're so proud of our Spangler Science Ambassadors. Our all-star line-up includes National Board Certified teachers, Teachers of the Year, two recipients of the Presidential Award and one teacher who won a free drink…
Henny Penny Preschool has a Blast with Science!
There is a waiting list for parents who want to enroll their children in the Henny Penny Preschool, and there is a good reason for that: Amy Dolley has created one of the best preschool environments I’ve ever seen! Amy doesn’t even have…
Homeschooling and Unschooling Parents Make Science Fun!
Lynn is a mother who decided, a year or so ago, to "unschool" her daughter, and her blog, A Life Worth Living, tells her readers how this is unfolding for her family in the UK.
Last April, Lynn found our link on a friend's blog, clicked on…
Cooking Popcorn with a Cell Phone?
I never cease to be amazed by what shows up in our e-mail inbox. Today's video clip shows an intimate gathering of friends who are just conducting a little experiment with their cell phones - trying to pop popcorn using the combined energy from…
How much gasoline will 9/10 of a cent get you?
Everyone in Denver knows Al Lewis, the smart (and funny) business columnist for the Denver Post. If you're a regular reader, you know that Al looks at things a little differently than most people do. Okay, he' very funny. My phone rang yesterday…