Exploding Water Experiment Hits Home for Reader
'Tis the season for spending time in the kitchen making those holiday feasts. So, when we were choosing a timely experiment to send in our Experiment of the Week email, we figured that Exploding Water in the Microwave was a great choice to make…
Spangler's Cornstarch Walk on Water Featured on Discovery's Time Warp
Time Warp is one of Discovery's newest shows and it's definitely worth watching... even if you're not a science geek. Hosts Jeff Lieberman and Matt Kearney are on the prowl for anything and everything that might be cool to examine under high-speed…
Science of the Olympics – The Bernoulli Advantage
I can't help but be amazed by the high-tech science that we're seeing at this year's Summer Olympics. Our 9News friend, Mark Koebrich, who is reporting from Beijing told me that the controversial swimsuit made by Speedo is nothing short of…
Science Experiment Receives Lots of Feedback
A few weeks ago on my 9News segment I featured a Seven-Layer Density column. It's a colorful way to talk about density in the classroom. Well... we thought we had all of our facts straight, but when we inadvertently put in the experiment write-up…
Nature Sun Print Paper and Blueprints on Fabric Experiment
When the summer sun comes around, my boys love making pictures with these light-sensitive materials. The Nature Print Paper is a fun and easy way to make a "photograph" of your favorite objects using the power of the sun. When we are ready…
Experiment of the Week Travels to Germany
It’s great to get your e-mails and photos of your children and students doing the science activities featured in our Experiment of the Week. These photos are from Sheila Allen, just one of a number of great teachers in the Department of…
Growing Upside Down Tomatoes
Want to plant some tomatoes, upside down? It's easy using our Water Jelly Crystals - a special superabsorbent polymer that absorbs about 150 times its weight in water and releases it to the plant. Over the years, we've used Water Jelly Crystals…
Make Your Own Lava Lamp – Bubbling Potions
I always love the opportunity to share some of my favorite inexpensive science experiments. One of our favorites at the Spangler Science offices is making your own "lava lamp." We take this one on the road, and it's always a hit with teachers…
Experiment of the Week Goes To Hong Kong
Suzi Wong Swint bought a heating pad in Hong Kong and realized, when she got it home, that the instructions were in Chinese! Fortunately, she remembered what to do to activate the gel and heat the pad, thanks to the Experiment of the Week.
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Swinging Tray of Glasses – Ooops!
Everything was going great. I loaded the tray with four glasses filled with water and told Becky Ditchfield (the lovely meteorologist from 9NEWS) to swing the tray over her head (demonstrating Newton's Laws of motion). It looked like things…
