Tag - halloween activities

November 11, 2009

Oozing Pumpkins – Parking Lot Practice

Some people practice in a lab… we practice in a parking lot. It’s easier to clean up.


September 30, 2009

Denver-Area Moms Get Shocked at the Spangler Labs

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Written by Susan Wells

Over twenty Denver-area home schooling moms visited the Steve Spangler Science laboratories this week for a special Halloween science workshop.

We have never done a workshop specifically for parents. Steve Spangler offers many opportunities for teachers across the country to take part in a science Boot Camp, but this was the first time parents were invited to come to our labs and learn how to bring more science into their lessons.

Steve Spangler offered the workshop as an opportunity to share some Halloween science experiments and activities with the moms (and one dad) to help enhance their science curriculum as well as give them the tools to go out and share with other parents.

After years of doing school science shows and student and teacher workshops, the Spangler Science team has come to understand the essence of what we do – we teach people to be amazing by providing them with products and innovations that are educational, entertaining, and inspire the imagination.

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September 29, 2009

Win 25 Gallons of Green Slime – It’s as Easy as Following @HalloweenSci on Twitter

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This contest has ended. Thank you for entering. Congratulations to our winner, Melitsa @playactivities!

You’ll be the hit of the party if you win 25 gallons of Spangler Slime – that’s 95 liters for those mad scientists who love the metric system. This isn’t some pre-made slime… no… it’s Spangler’s special PVA formulation for concocting the perfect batch of slime! If you’re the lucky winner, you’ll receive 25 gallons of green Slime Goo (the best PVA – polyvinyl alcohol) solution and Slime Cross-Linker (the linking agent that hooks it all together when you mix the two liquids). You mix it… you make it… and people go wild for slime.

Slime-Spangler-Halloween-Science-Win-25-GallonsWhat do you have to do to win? Just follow the directions below…

REQUIRED ENTRY: To enter the contest, follow @halloweensci on Twitter and leave a comment below with your Twitter name. Comments could include your best or most creative ideas for things to do with slime. If you want to enter more than once, keep reading below.

The contest is open until midnight MST on October 11th. A winner

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