November 18, 2011
After returning from taping the Ellen DeGeneres Show in Burbank, California, Steve brought some sounds of science to the Dom and Jane Charity Marathon for the Food Bank of the Rockies Friday. Steve shared a few of his favorite science sounds including the Musical Saw, Screaming Cup, Thunder Tube and water whistle, on the radio show.
Click here to listen to his appearance on the Dom and Jane Show and check out the pictures below.
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Tags: Dom and Jane, dom and jane charity marathon, Experiment of the Week, Fire Bubbles and Exploding Toothpaste, musical saw, science sounds, Screaming Cup, Sounds of Science, sounds science experiments, thunder tube, turkey baster, water whistle
Filed under: Special Science Event
August 11, 2011
By Blog Editor Susan Wells
Peer pressure is a state of being and survival for school age children. Kids deal with daily pressure to have the right clothes, say the right things and own the right possessions. The pressure bounces off the charts when kids reach junior high.
No one wants to be singled out as “the smart kid” in middle school. You want to be cool, blend in and not receive the “nerd” label.
That’s where Dom Testa, Denver young adult author and radio personality, and the Big Brain Club step in. They want kids to be proud of their intelligence and not feel the need to dumb down to fit in. They tell kids “Smart is Cool.” Now that’s a message we at Steve Spangler Science can get behind.
After working with kids for over 20 years, Testa noticed a silent epidemic of intellectual peer pressure – or kids dumbing down to be considered popular. The Big Brain Club was created in 2003 as an online
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Tags: big brain club, Dom and Jane, dom testa, dumbing down in school, galahad series, middle school peer pressure, Mix 100, news for nerds, peer pressure, smart is cool, STEM schools
Filed under: Education Today, It's Not Science But...
September 24, 2010
Doing science demonstrations on the radio can be a little challenging because… well… because listeners can’t see what’s going on in the studio. But the challenge to come up with audible science is too cool to pass up, and that’s why I enjoy going back to the Mix 100 Morning Show with Dom and Jane. We were fortunate enough to land on a day when the Dom and Jane had a studio audience. You’ll see from the pictures below that they were all involved in making screaming balloons, touching 50,000 volts of electricity and watching Tizzy walk on glass. All perfectly normal stuff when you’re in the Mix studios.
