Science & Music – 4 Fields of Science and Their Tunes
Music makes everything better. While that might not be scientific fact, it’s an opinion that holds a lot of stock, for me. In fact, I believe that certain types or styles of music can make things better to the point of being perfect. We’ve…
School Supplies For All
When I was a little kid, one of my favorite days of the year (besides Christmas Day) was the day the newspaper posted the list of required school supplies, and Mom took us to the drug store to buy them.
I loved looking at that list, and Mom…
5 Viral Science Experiments You Did Not Know We Have Done Already
The term “viral” has undergone quite the makeover since the end of the 20th century. A word that used to have a connotation on par with “bacterial” has now become something that is sought after. Going viral entails that something is…
Science Takes a Summer Vacation – Selfies from the Road
Although our science kits and materials don't sit on the shelves in our distribution center for long, they are still granted a summer vacation, like all of our human staff members at Steve Spangler Science.
Our science kits are also not exempt…
Science and Helping Verbs
I love teaching Einsteinian theory, physics, and non-linear time in my basic writing classes.
Oh, it's called Chapter 10: The Perfect Tenses, but that's just a cover for what it really is: our language's ability to describe complicated…
The Fresh Prince of Science Fair
"The Fresh Prince of Science Fair"
(To the tune of Will Smith's "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air")
Now these are some lyrics all about when
My board got judged with a pad and a pen.
If you have a few seconds, just hang right there,
I’ll tell…
Show us your Science Selfie & Win a Science Kit
Gone are the days of searching for a good-willed and trustworthy passerby to ask to take a photo of you and your friend. (Which has greatly decreased overall camera theft! )
No more sitting still while your Grandma took your picture. Well,…
Geodes and Diamonds – Backyard Geology
Oh, the memories of geodes! When I was a little kid, I played a lot in the alley that divided our block in two. All of us kids played in the alley. It gave us access to the back yard of every house in the neighborhood, and it was cool in its…
Benefits of Creating an Account with Steve Spangler Science
It's a good day. The sun is warm and the popsicles are cool...and you're shopping on SteveSpanglerScience.com. You've put a ton of super fun experiments into your shopping cart and have decided that you've fulfilled your science spending…
Little House Science: Greased Paper Windows
Animals and birds are limited to what kind of house or nest they can build. When we discover an animal’s home, we can almost always tell what sort of animal it belongs to. Even with birds, no two kinds will build the same sort of nest. …