December 3, 2011
If you thought Steve Spangler’s book Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes pushed the limits of your inner mad scientist, Fire Bubbles and Exploding Toothpaste, the second volume of 25 new, extraordinary home experiments is guaranteed to knock your socks off! Seriously… your socks are going to fly across the room. The materials are easy to find and the directions are simple to follow, but the end result is guaranteed to produce lots of ooohs & ahhhs.
This book has over 200 beautiful color photographs that accompany step-by-step instructions for science experiments to do at home and in the classroom. It also has a special teachers-only section full of science demonstrations for the classroom.
Steve has performed some of the experiments in the book with Ellen DeGeneres on her television show. She is proud to be a part of this science experiment book.
Here is a sample of the experiments included in the book…
- Floating Bowling Balls
- Pop Bottle Music
- Bouncing Smoke Bubbles
- Walking on Eggshells
- Balancing Nails
- Fireproof Balloon
- Skateboard Rocket Car
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September 13, 2010
When I first announced that I was going to be at the Tattered Cover in Highlands Ranch, Colorado to kick-off my national book tour for Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes: Unforgettable Experiments that Make Science Fun, I got lots of Tweets and Facebook comments with this common theme…
- Are you sure the Tattered Cover knows who you are and what you do?
- You should shoot off a few Mentos geysers and then yell, “Tah-Dah!”
- Shoot smoke rings – that should get everyone’s attention.
- If you’re supposed to be quiet in a book store, they’re in for a huge surprise.
Let me just say that while I appreciate all of your comments, you’re scaring the thunder out of the nice people at the Tattered Cover in Highlands Ranch. I’ve had to assure them that nothing bad will happen, even though I am going to bring out a big crate of science demos and hands-on activities for the big book signing. In fact,
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