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		<title>More Giant Soap Bubbles - Henny Penny Preschool in Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Giant soap bubbles seem to be sweeping through schools everywhere these days, and our friends at Henny Penny Preschool recently sent us an update with some great shots of their kids in action.  Amy and Craig Dolley are always looking for unique ideas to get their students excited about science and when they saw our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carnival of Education, #190</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
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We are honored to periodically host the Carnival of Education. Hats off to our good friend Jane Goodwin for all of her work on the latest Carnival. - editor

It&#8217;s time to put on our thinking caps and experience the 190th Carnival of Education, right here at Steve Spangler&#8217;s blog!
All learning is scientific, you know.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giant Soap Bubbles</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
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I first met Stacy Ratel in New York during our 2008 Hands-on Science Boot Camp tour. Stacy is a highly-motivated teacher who will go to great lengths to create unforgettable learning experiences for her students. Now I know why Stacy was so interested in ways to make giant bubbles. The classic bubble solution recipe called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fun Fly Stick Makes Floating Objects Easy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Static electricity demos are a staple in every science teacher&#8217;s bag of tricks, but this science demo was different than anything I had ever seen. The Fun Fly Stick was first introduced in Europe and made it&#8217;s way to the U.S. earlier this year. It&#8217;s an ingenious, battery-operated static electricity generator that allows you to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists Use Hydrogel to &#8220;Grow&#8221; Synthetic Tree</title>
		<link>http://www.stevespangler.com/archives/2008/09/11/scientists-use-hydrogel-to-grow-synthetic-tree/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Spangler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[After announcing that I am honored to act as the National Spokesperson for 4-H&#8217;s National Youth Science Day, I have been keeping up with lots of news about the use of Hydrogels in modern science.  Here at Steve Spangler Science, we have been playing with these superabsobent polymers for years and are excited to introduce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4-H and Steve Spangler Science Team Up for National Youth Science Day</title>
		<link>http://www.stevespangler.com/archives/2008/09/09/4-h-national-youth-science-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m excited to announce my partnership with the National 4-H Council to serve as their national spokesperson for the first-ever National Science Experiment. When I first spoke with the people at 4-H, I must admit that I was not aware of their dedication for teaching science, technology and engineering as part of their Youth Development [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Favorite Halloween Science Demos</title>
		<link>http://www.stevespangler.com/archives/2008/09/03/favorite-halloween-science-demos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
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I remember a time when Halloween was nothing more than dressing up and running from house to house in search of the greatest candy bars. Fast-forward to 2008 and Halloween is a big deal&#8230; elaborate costumes, parties galore and merchandising second only to Christmas. Oh, did I mention that it&#8217;s a dream come true for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carnival of Education Features SteveSpangler.com</title>
		<link>http://www.stevespangler.com/archives/2008/08/27/carnival-of-education-features-stevespanglercom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Spangler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, the educators that help put together the Carnival of Education have included one of our blog posts in this week&#8217;s edition of the Carnival.  Check it out and support our fellow bloggers and educators by reading some of the other great blogs over there!
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		<title>Science &#8220;Left Behind&#8221; in American Schools</title>
		<link>http://www.stevespangler.com/archives/2008/08/21/science-left-behind-in-american-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Spangler</dc:creator>
		
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You may have seen the recent commercials showing a child raising flags representing America&#8217;s standing in school ranking world-wide.  I came across an article for the same campaign that shared some striking, but unfortunately not surprising, statistics.   According to the &#8220;One Nation Left Behind&#8221; program, 20 countries outscore the US in science [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going Green and Plastic Free</title>
		<link>http://www.stevespangler.com/archives/2008/08/15/going-green-and-plastic-free/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Spangler</dc:creator>
		
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The BBC UK called our offices yesterday to get permission to use the Inside the Soda Can experiment, that I&#8217;ve done on 9News, for Chris Jeavans &#8220;plastic-free&#8221; blog.  Chris is trying to live for one month without using any plastic products.  As the soda can experiment proves, Chris is finding that this may [...]]]></description>
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