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December 8, 2010

Naked Eggs & Flying Potatoes Book Signing at Costco

Meet Steve Spangler and buy his new book, Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes this Saturday, December 11th at the River Point Costco on Santa Fe Drive and Oxford in Englewood, Colorado. Steve will be signing books from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Naked Eggs & Flying Potatoes
This is not your ordinary book of science experiments. Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes is a geek-chic look at Steve Spangler’s latest collection of tricks and try-it-at-home activities that reveal the secrets of science in unexpected ways. What makes this book different from other science experiment books is the amazing photography. Over 245 color photographs accompany the step-by-step instructions, and simple explanations uncover the how-to and why for each activity. Make potatoes fly, cornstarch turn into quicksand, and 2-liter bottles of soda explode on command.

Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes is available at Costco stores, Barnes & Noble, Tattered Cover and online at Steve Spangler Science, or get the eBook for iTunes, Nook or Kindle.

Post by Guest Blogger Susan Wells

September 22, 2010

It’s Never Too Early to Start Teaching & Learning – Floating Balls & Toilet Paper

I had a very special guest join me on my weekly television science segment this week. Anchorman Mark Koebrich took a break from his vacation and brought his 3-year-old grandson Jack to do a little science.

It’s never too early to start teaching tiny ones. Early childhood is the perfect time to start introducing science, learning and exploration. This is why teachers teach – to see the wonder and excitement that lights up children’s eyes when they get to experience learning firsthand. Jack was very shy and would only whisper his responses to my questions. We began with floating ping pong balls, moved up to balloons and then graduated to a beach ball. Jack’s eyes lit up bigger and bigger with each ball. We did the grand finale by blowing air under a toilet paper roll and shooting toilet paper out and over our heads.

Jack can now go

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