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Steve Spangler Science is celebrating the 12 Days of Wonder and highlighting our top 12 science toys and kits that are perfect to put under the tree. As blog editor, social media coordinator and mom of two budding scientists, I will share my review of each product.
Halloween Science and the Ellen DeGeneres Show seem to go hand in hand. I was excited to get the call from Ellen’s producers last week with an invite to be a guest on her ever-popular Halloween Show. We’ve practiced and practiced our new demos for the show (no, we can’t spill the beans right now), and I think we’ll have a few surprises for her and the studio audience. Of course, everyone tunes in to see Ellen’s costume. My only hope is that it’s not flammable… and that’s all I can say.
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Floating ping-pong balls and flying toilet paper are just two of the 123 scientific experiments found in this enterprising book written for children of all ages! Author Steve Spangler is a modem-day “Mr. Wizard,” a teacher of science who believes “It’s not about the science…it’s about the experience.”
Using everyday and inexpensive household stuff, like potatoes and plastic bottles, a bar of soap, nails, magnets, cornstarch, and liquid, future scientists can do experiments like “floating water,” a “screaming balloon,” a “bubbling lava bottle,” and “giant smoke rings.” Each experiment is done safely—there’s a full page of safety instructions to learn before readers get started having the satisfaction of creating amazing concoctions like “quicksand goo” and “color changing milk.”
Each experiment has four sections titled: “Let’s try it,” in which step-by-step instructions
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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