Tune into Food Network’s Unwrapped to get a peek inside the Spangler Science labs as Steve shares the science behind the Mentos Geyser all of that exploding soda. Back in December, I mentioned that a crew from Unwrapped on the Food Network wanted to get the real scoop on the popular Mentos and soda reaction. The crew spent an entire day grabbing the reaction from every angle and trying to understand how all of those tiny bubbles produce such a huge fountain of soda. The episode is scheduled to air on September 24, 2007. Consult your local listing for time and channel.

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It's been called a"Mr. Wizard-style" training camp for teachers who are looking to add more purpose and piazza to their science lessons. The three-day intensive training called Science in the Rockies is targeted at early childhood through middle school teachers who need creative science integration strategies… who are tired of trying to "squeeze" science into their already packed teaching schedule… and who want to make science even more fun and meaningful in their classroom. "Our goal was to give teachers the necessary training and tools to do more science in their classrooms in the coming year," according to Steve Spangler, Executive Director of the National Hands-on Science Institute and lead trainer at Science in the Rockies. "The problem is one of time: teachers want to do more science with their students, but many elementary teachers just cannot find the time needed to give students the opportunity to really do science," says Spangler. "Some elementary teachers are forced to put science on the back burner until early Spring when state testing in other curriculum areas is finished. Science education cannot withstand that kind of assault… and this sort of 'boot camp' training is so important to the future of science education." Read the rest of this entry »

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