Doc Gizmo Shares Science with a Message at the Colorado Science Convention
It was easy to spot Doc Gizmo as you wandered through the exhibit hall at the Colorado Science Convention. He was the only person dressed in a tie-dyed lab coat with multi-colored socks and a smile that beamed from ear to ear. Even before…
Don't Be Fooled by Fake Snow Imitations – There's Only One Original Insta-Snow
Today's customer service call-of-the-day focused on a product that we don't even sell. The product in question is actually an imitation or knock-off of our popular Insta-Snow ® product, but no matter how much we tried to explain that she purchased…
Intern Gets a Little Wet While Launching 700 Mentos Diet Coke Geysers at NAEYC 2008
It's tough to really demonstrate the Mentos Geyser Tube in an exhibit hall filled with teahcers... until we created the Mentos Geyser Chamber. It's a plastic box that measures 4 feet square and 7 feet tall. It's the perfect enclosure to launch…
Science Demonstration Gets Student Council Members Excited About Recycling Project
Sure, you can talk about recycling projects, but what can you do to get kids exciting about taking action and changing their behavior when it comes to recycling? That's the goal put in place by student council members at Wilder Elementary…
Top 25 Holiday Gift Ideas – Educational Toys with a High Wow Factor
We might like to play the same game during the holidays… Guess which toy the kids will play with the most after everything has been ripped open and the house is a disaster. That’s the criteria we used in selecting this year’s Top 25…
Milk of Magnesia Experiment – Color Changing Liquid Teaches Science Behind Antacids
If you've ever wondered how those antacids really work inside your stomach, the Milk of Magnesia demo is easy to perform and really illustrates the concept of pH change and the buffering power of magnesium hydroxide. I first saw the demonstration…
9News Meteorologist Vanishes in Cloud of Smoke – A Great Liquid Nitrogen Explosion
9News meteorologist Becky Ditchfield is never quite sure what to expect during the weekly science segment. I called her over the weekend and asked her to bring in an overcoat and to trade out the high heels for tennis shoes. The liquid nitrogen…
Spangler's Cornstarch Walk on Water Featured on Discovery's Time Warp
Time Warp is one of Discovery's newest shows and it's definitely worth watching... even if you're not a science geek. Hosts Jeff Lieberman and Matt Kearney are on the prowl for anything and everything that might be cool to examine under high-speed…
Mentos Geyser Used to Launch Beaker 20 Feet
It was quite a week for our Spangler Science team when we invaded Texas with 24 staff members and Spangler Ambassadors. Half the team headed to Fort Worth for CAST (the Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching) and half the team went…
Having a Blast at the NAEYC 2008 Conference
If you attended the annual NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) conference last week in Dallas, Texas, it wasn't hard to find the Steve Spangler Science booth. All you had to do was listen for the shouts of surprise…