Eggceptional Eggs-periments – Incredible Egg Geodes
Do you love crystals? Are you looking for a creative way to color Easter eggs? How about a little kitchen science to kick off the spring weekend? This activity covers all three.
A crystal geode takes thousands of years to grow a crystal inside.…
Join Steve Spangler and Kathy Sabine for Weather and Science Day 2012 at Coors Field
Join us for the third annual Weather & Science Day on Wednesday, May 2nd at 10:30 AM, before the Rockies game against the Dodgers at Coors Field.
Weather and Science Day 2009 resulted in a Guinness World Record for the Largest Physics Lesson.…
Eggceptional Eggs-periments – Get the Egg in the Bottle
In honor of the fast approaching Easter Holiday (Sunday, April 8th), we are celebrating the amazing, edible egg all week with experiments and activities to do with your eggs. Today, we are celebrating the classic Egg in the Bottle trick. Steve…
Celebrate April Fools’ Day with Floating Paper Airplanes, Three Cup Monty and the Dangers of Dihydrogen Monoxide
April Fools' Day is one of our favorite holidays in the Steve Spangler Science office. Pranks are abundant and no one's coffee, desk chair, or personal space is safe. The only downside is that April 1st falls on a Sunday this year and we won't…
Eggceptional Eggs-periments – Dying Easter Eggs Naturally
By Blog Editor Susan Wells
Go into any grocery store or department store this time of year and you will be bombarded by Easter egg dye kits. Most of these kits use vinegar and an artificial dye to color the shell of the egg. I know I'm…
Eggceptional Eggs-periments – Rubber, Bouncy, Naked Eggs
For the next two weeks, we are celebrating the incredible edible scientific egg with experiments that you can do using an egg. Or several.
We start with making Naked Eggs.
Did you know you can dissolve an eggshell and make…
Teachers Making a Difference – Mrs. Z and her Oobleck Pool of Goo
Some teachers teach from the book and others make learning come alive. Judie Zoromski, or Mrs. Z, (say it fast and she's called Mizzy), teaches science at Mary, Seat of Wisdom Grade School in Park Ridge, Illinois.
She is one of those teachers…
A Behind the Scenes Look at Science Fair Judging
By Blog Editor Susan Wells
A few weeks ago, I was asked to be a judge at a local middle school's 8th grade science fair. I was so excited to volunteer to take on title of Science Fair Judge for the first time.
I had no idea what to really…
Can You Really Balance an Egg During the Equinox?
This is an encore posting of an article we ran in spring of 2010 about balancing an egg on the equinox.
The first day of spring and the vernal equinox is this week. The vernal equinox marks the start of spring, an autumnal equinox marks…
Staff Spotlight on DJ — The Man of Many Words … and Hats
Q: Tell us a little about who you are…
A: My name is Daniel Joseph Souza. I'm a father of a 3-year-old English Springer Spaniel named Boomer, a brother to a soon-to-be-married baby sister, a son to the two most amazing and inspiring parents…