Giant Red Balloons Find a New Home After Balloon Boy Experiment
Contrary to popular belief, we didn't just cut the bag of potatoes free after our impromptu Balloon Boy experiment. My luck, the bag would somehow break free, potatoes would rain down upon some poor unsuspecting fool, and I'd end up…
Balloon Boy Helium Physics – How Much Helium Would It Take to Lift Falcon?
Since the location of the Balloon Boy saga is about 60 miles north of our offices in Englewood, Colorado, we've received a number of phone calls and e-mails about the science of helium... specifically the lifting power of this inert gas. We…
Fall Hands-on Science Secrets Boot Camp Tour Off to a Great Start
Our Fall Boot Camp Tour kicked off September 23rd in Grand Rapids, MI, with a second stop just two days later in Chicago, IL... and it was a blast! What an enthusiastic group of teachers awaited us in both cities. I love the Windbag demonstration…
Congratulations to Our Slime Contest Winner
In case you missed our Slime Contest Winner, we want to say congratulations to our winner, Melitsa Avila, @playactivities on Twitter. Melitsa plans to "share the slime love" with all of her friends, and with 25 gallons worth of the green goo,…
NASA Bombs the Moon – Collision Easy to See
We're not sure what the big deal is... our students looked through a normal telescope at 5:30 a.m. MST and saw clear evidence of the NASA rocket that bombed the moon in search of ice crystals. Maybe Matt Lauer from the Today Show wasn't looking…
Spooky Halloween Slime Recipes
Halloween, science and, of course, slime all seem to go hand in hand... plus everyone who knows me understands the fact that Halloween is my Christmas. So, it's no wonder that I can't stop coming up with more and more activities that I just…
Dry Ice Fun – How to Use Dry Ice at Your Halloween Party
There's just something amazing about dry ice - the solid that turns into a gas. Science teachers call it sublimation... kids call it amazing. Over the years I've presented a number of television segments about using dry ice to make Halloween…