The Floating Paper Airplane Trick – The Reveal
Can you defeat the odds and create a hovering paper airplane? All you need is a sheet of paper, 2 identical fans and a lot of patience. This is a great experiment to teach the principals behind how an airplane flies, lift and drag, and the principals…
Ethanol Rocket Science
Ethanol is an additive in gasoline because it burns clean and gives off a tremendous amount of energy. It is one of the renewable energy sources being looked at to replace oil and gas as our main energy resources.
Ethanol is grain alcohol and…
Shocking Science – 50,000 Volts of Electricity & a Traffic Reporter
This demonstration proves that science is not for sissies. Stand on a stool charged with 50,000 volts of electricity and have it run over your body and across your skin. I tried this with Amelia Earhart, traffic reporter at 9News to demonstrate…
How to Spring Into Science – Add a Few Leprechauns, a Few Seeds & a Few Insects
St. Patrick's Day is this week and it's time for the leprechauns to visit. Pull out your Green Fizzers, Green Slime, Leprechaun Insta-Snow and you are set. If the leprechauns have yet to visit your house and turn your water green, check out…
News Set in Disarray After Giant Smoke Rings Pound Anchors
I took a large smoke ring blaster that I used on the Ellen DeGeneres Show to the 9News studios in Denver this week. I demonstrated the power of air pressure and what a microburst looks like. What resulted was giant smoke rings blown across the…
Liquid Nitrogen Cloud Fills TV Studio
I brought my twin boys with me for my television appearance this week. They are really interested in the solar system so we've been learning about the different planets and their moons. Neptune's moon, Triton, has nitrogen in it's clouds in…
Tips to Make Your Science Fair Project More Meaningful
It's science fair time for many schools across the country. If you're a parent of a young scientist who is turning your kitchen into a laboratory, and you're overwhelmed, here are some ways to make the project more meaningful. Participating…
Bursting Frozen Pipes – The Power of Water
With the freezing temperatures across the country, the problem of frozen pipes rupturing is in the news. In Denver, the Jefferson County Court House is closed due to frozen pipes breaking, thawing then leaking. Water is unlike every other liquid…
Heavy Newspaper – The Incredible Power of Air
This experiment takes a little karate and an understanding of air pressure. If you lay a yard stick down on a table and hit it with your best karate-chop, what will happen to the stick? Will it break? Most likely it will flip off the table and…
The Science Behind Denver's Brown Cloud
Clean air is an important part of Colorado...fresh, clean mountain air. But by the 1970s Denver had a lot of pollution hanging over the city. Pollution so bad it could be seen from all over just hanging over the downtown area. The dirty cloud…
