Tag - KOLR 10

Quirkles Co-creator Demonstrates Cornstarch and Water Experiment

As I mentioned in a previous post, it’s always fun to stumble across Quirkles videos on YouTube. These fun children’s books support connecting science and literature, which is one of our passions around Steve Spangler Science. This week, Quirkles co-founder Terri Johnson, headed back to Ozarks First KOLR 10 news to show off some of the cool properties of Oobleck… the cornstarch and water quicksand. Terri had a great time getting messy with the KOLR 10 anchor and even made mention of the growing popularity of walking on “water” with the gooey Oobleck. If you are a fan of Spangler Science or the Ellen Degeneres show, you probably remember when I stormed the stage of the Ellen show with a cement truck, a few hundred gallons of water, 2,500 boxes of cornstarch and a very brave audience member, who walked across a giant pool of Oobleck! It’s great to see Terri in her Spangler Science tie dye lab coat playing with the “Zop”!  The set of all 26 wild and wacky Quirkles books can be bought on our site at SteveSpanglerScience.com.
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Television Science Evangelist Inspired by Spangler Science Experiments

As the first exclusive supplier of the Quirkles books, I was interested to see that Quirkles co-founder Terri Johnson was taking her science experiments to the airwaves… with a distinctively Spangler flair.  Donning her Steve Spangler Science tie dye lab coat, Terri entertains viewers of the Ozarks First morning newscast.  Terri’s latest appearance featured our Floating Beach Ball and Flying Toilet Paper experiment.  Terri thoroughly surprised the news anchor when toilet paper was sent flying through the studio using the classic leaf blower trick.  It’s great to see fellow scientists spreading the idea of making science fun throughout the country and it’s an honor to see that they are being inspired by our experiments.

Although not mentioned in the video, the set of all 26 Quirkles books can be purchased from our website.  The Quirkles combine scientific concepts and experiments with phonetics and language basics.