Discover the Hidden Energy in Gummy Worms
Everyone knows gummy worms and gummy bears have a lot of sugar and carbohydrates in them, but did you know that translates into stored energy? Release that energy and you get a big reaction and a little fire too.
My science demo guinea pig…
Learn How to Walk on Glass – Science Magic
It looks hard, but circus performers, magicians and motivational speakers all use the "walk on glass" trick to shock and surprise their audience. But there's a science to walking on glass, you just have to know the secret. I've taken this demonstration…
Drop the Egg into a Glass of Water
The Egg Drop is a classic experiment that illustrates Newton's First Law of Motion and inertia. The goal is to get the egg into the glass of water. Sound easy?
Now perch the egg atop a cardboard tube sitting in a pie pan on top of the glass…
It's Never Too Early to Start Teaching & Learning – Floating Balls & Toilet Paper
I had a very special guest join me on my weekly television science segment this week. Anchorman Mark Koebrich took a break from his vacation and brought his 3-year-old grandson Jack to do a little science.
It's never too early to start teaching…
Fire Tornadoes – How Wildfires Burn Tree Top to Tree Top
When you picture a tornado, most of us imagine a whirling column of air poking down from the clouds. But this tornado-like effect is not limited to just the air - a fire tornado or fire whirl is just like a tornado but it's made of fire. As…
Science of Food – Molecular Gastronomy
Molecular gastronomy sounds more like a condition than something cool to eat. It's a cool kind of science that is sweeping trendy restaurants across the country.
Ingredients undergo change while cooking. Molecular gastronomy studies the physical…
Move Objects with Your Mind
Looking for a way to entertain or just plain annoy your friends? Then invite them over, pull out the wine glasses and perform a mind trick. Well, maybe not really a mind trick, but a trick that uses what else but science.
The ability to move…
Trick Your Friends with the Floating Bottle Trick or Genie in a Bottle
The Floating Bottle Trick or Genie in a Bottle is a guaranteed fun way to trick your friends using only items you can find around the house.
The science magician displays a bottle and a short length of rope. She explains that according to…
Magic Sand – Hydrophobic Sand Stays Dry in Water
You are never too old to play in the sand, especially when it's magic sand with science included.
As you know by now, magic isn't really magic, there's usually a scientific explanation behind what's happening. Magic Sand is coated with a substance…
How to Reduce, Reuse & Recycle Styrofoam
Styrofoam is a material that won't break down, can't be recycled and will always remain on earth. Unless you know a little science.
Styrofoam is made up of long strands of styrene molecules with lots of air pockets. It's called polystyrene.…
