November 13, 2008
It was quite a week for our Spangler Science team when we invaded Texas with 24 staff members and Spangler Ambassadors. Half the team headed to Fort Worth for CAST (the Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching) and half the team went to Dallas for NAEYC ( the National Association for the Education of Young Children). While our NAEYC team was launching Mentos geysers on the
Boy in a Box, the CAST team also found a unique way to use the Geyser Tube... launching our favorite scientist,
Beaker , 30-feet in the air in the Geyser Chamber. It was quite a sight at the Spangler Science booth when Beaker when shooting through the air on a stream of Diet Coke.
When the team wasn't launching stuffed Muppets, they were busy talking with excited science teachers and even presenting workshops at the conference. Spangler Speaker Julie Gintzler presented her Chicka, Chicka - KABOOM workshop. The eager participants were more than a little excited when Julie pulled out the amazing
Square Bubble and the "magical"
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August 14, 2008
Hey, folks, the new
Carnival of Education is up and we're in it! Go check it out... you'll find all kinds of fantastic resources and information there.
July 14, 2008
We love it when people read our blog, try the cool and funky things we suggest, have tons of fun doing it, and SUCCEED!
Mamacita of
Scheiss Weekly tried our Upside-Down Tomatoes and so far, it's been a BIG HIT out there in southern Indiana.
We might suggest that she find a better place to put that sharp box cutter, though. Watch your fingers, Mamacita!
September 13, 2007
It's official... I'm flying out to be a guest on the
Ellen DeGeneres Show next week. Back in April of 2006 when a producer on the show originally contacted our office, I asked for your suggestions on
experiments to do with Ellen. Lots of people suggested my Smoke Rings demo and Ellen might have taken your suggestion (hint, hint). Let's just say that our office was filled with lots of smoke today as someone practiced shooting cups off of everyone's head. We're told that the air date will be next
Friday, September 21, 2007. More to come.
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June 18, 2007
Not exactly... but this stuff is really cool. It's probably best described as a self-siphoning gel. The chemical is called polyethylene oxide or Polyox and it has an incredibly large molecular weight - about 4 million. When the powder is mixed with water (that's the tricky part), the liquid becomes very thick and will literally siphon itself from one container to another. As a kid I order a product called Moon Blob - "
The Gravity Defying Gel" - which promised to do the same thing. It did... but now I'm doing it as an adult! It's tough to explain it... just
watch the Polyox video.
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