Mrs. Boorom's Students Turn Ordinary Paper into High-Flying Rockets
Mrs. Boorom's students turned their eyes to the afternoon skies as they put their paper rockets to the test. Using a an air-powered PVC launcher, the students fire off 25 rockets made from only construction paper, tape and a small ball of modeling…
Miss Culver's Class Launches Rockets
The young rocketeers at Wilder Elementary almost had their mission scrubbed due to a Spring snowstorm that delivered about five inches of snow overnight. By 11:00 AM, however, the snow was almost gone and the kids were ready to launch. After…
Mrs. Bower's Class Launches Rockets
Even a Spring snowstorm couldn't stop Mrs. Bower's class from launching their paper rockets. Each of the students had their turn at the launcher (an air-powered PVC rocket launcher) and the results were amazing. As part of their homework, the…
Modern Day Miss Riley – Five Teachers at Wilder Elementary Have a Blast with Rockets
Miss Freida Riley is a familiar name if you've ever read Homer Hickam's Rocket Boys or watched the movie October Sky. Miss Freida Riley was the inspirational chemistry and physics teacher who helped the Rocket Boys of the Big Creek Missile…
4th Graders Building Rockets – Inspired by October Sky
Today, the fourth graders at Wilder Elementary got the strangest homework assignment... Go home and build a rocket! Earlier in the week, the students gather together and watched the movie October Sky, based on Homer Hickam's novel, Rocket…
Shooting Potatoes with Ellen
There's a sneak peek video just posted on the Ellen Show site with the Dancing Fire demo and the last part of the shooting potatoes segment. If you have a second, post a comment on the show site.
Why Are Hazmat Guys Teaching Science?
It must be a growing trend... or something in the hazardous materials industry is pushing people to teach science. I first met Todd Skoglund and Ken Rost (guys who are not exactly your typical classroom science teachers) at our Science in the…
Eat a Burger… Learn Some Cool Science
Another Spangler Science Lesson from SONIC® Drive-In
Now you can eat a burger, drink a limeade and enjoy some cool science experiments from Steve Spangler Science at your local SONIC, America's Drive-In. We're excited to announce the release…
People Love Naked Eggs
Cruel and unusual experiments with eggs are just par for the course in March. The Naked Eggs experiment brought lots of e-mails and photos from students (and teachers) doing their version of the experiment. Anything new on the naked egg f…
Someone Broke Into the School Last Night…
... but nothing was stolen or broken or vandalized... unless you consider turning everything green an act of vandalism. It all makes sense when you remember the date - March 17th - St. Patrick's Day. That "someone" was either a Leprechaun or…
