http://www.stevespangler.com Making Science Education Fun Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:19:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en © alyssa@stevespangler.com () alyssa@stevespangler.com() 1440 Making Science Education Fun alyssa@stevespangler.com No no http://www.stevespangler.com/stevespangler/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg http://www.stevespangler.com 144 144 http://www.stevespangler.com/archives/2005/08/21/education-science-toys-%e2%80%93-from-idea-to-sales-and-everything-in-between/ http://www.stevespangler.com/archives/2005/08/21/education-science-toys-%e2%80%93-from-idea-to-sales-and-everything-in-between/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2005 02:52:25 +0000 Steve http://www.stevespangler.com/?p=124 http://www.stevespangler.com/archives/2005/08/21/education-science-toys-%e2%80%93-from-idea-to-sales-and-everything-in-between/feed/ 00:01:01 People are sometimes confused to walk through a toy store and see this kit designed by Steve Spangler Science under the brand name Be Amazing ... People are sometimes confused to walk through a toy store and see this kit designed by Steve Spangler Science under the brand name Be Amazing Toys. How come a science teacher is doing this? It is all because a group of science teachers got together to create educational science toys and put them into stores. To get a science toy from an idea on to the shelf is an incredible process. From concept to shelf can take 12-18 months. First, the buyers have to like it. The product may have to be changed. Testing has to be done. Unfortunately, you sometimes end up with a watered down version of the original. Our catalog company, Steve Spangler Science, gave us the opportunity to put our toys in the hands of teachers within a matter of weeks. It is how we were able to formulate a product called Pearl Swirl. Teachers wanted to be able to colour water so they could put it over a heat source. Others were retailing similar products for about $15-$20 for a litre, but we found an ingenious way to create this product called Pearl Swirl for $4.95 for four gallons of material. Instead of taking 12-18 months to get to market, the feedback we got from teachers enabled us to change the structure and create a product that truly provides value for them in their classrooms. Listen to my podcast on education science toys mdash; idea to sales and everything in between (File size is 1.9 MB) (Show length 4 minutes 54 seconds) Educating,,Podcasts alyssa@stevespangler.com no No