Join us for a Twitter party on Tuesday, October 25th from 7-8pm MST to celebrate the launch of Steve’s new book, Fire Bubbles and Exploding Toothpaste. We will be giving away copies of the book during the party.
Please RSVP below in the comments then join the conversation on Tuesday for your chance to win an autographed copy.
**We unfortunately are unable to ship books to addresses outside of the 48 contiguous United States due to high shipping costs. We love all of our Hawaiian, Alaskan, Canadian and international customers. We apologize, but if you are outside of the 48 states and win a book, we will happily send you a book if you cover shipping charges.
If you thought Steve Spangler’s book Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes pushed the limits of your inner mad scientist, this second volume of 25 new, extraordinary home experiments is guaranteed to knock your socks off! Seriously… your socks are going to
Whenever we’re fortunate enough to have the producers from the Ellen DeGeneres Show call our office, we know that the next few days are going to be wild. As I’ve mentioned in the past, the producers are very hands-on when it comes to selecting the preliminary list of science demos and listening to our ideas for ways to allow Ellen to get involved with each experiment. We spend most of the time talking about the big finale for each segment… and I think that the audience is going to be surprised when they see what’s going to happen… to them! This is beyond a doubt the biggest audience participation stunt we’ve ever done on the show. The show is scheduled for Wednesday, March 2nd. Find out when the Ellen DeGeneres Show is on in your area.
When I started doing magic tricks as a kid, I remember always bothering my sister and brother to watch my latest trick. When they grew tired of my tricks, I switched to grandparents, aunts, uncles… finally anyone who would watch. Thirty some years later, I find myself in the same situation as I’m testing out new ways to present some cool science experiment. Years ago, I hit the jackpot when would wait for the FedEx driver to show up. A question like, “Hey, do you want to see something cool?” is almost always met with, “Sure… what is it?” Over the years I’ve persuaded visitors to our shipping dock to stand inside of a bubble, lay on a bed of nails, walk on top of a vat of cornstarch and water, but this is maybe the best one yet.
Listen to the very last thing Emily says… “UPS guy won’t do it!”
Leah is a homeschooling mom of six. She blogs about her experiences as a homeschooling mom on her blog, Almost Unschoolers. On the blog, she has a feature called “Sunday Science.”
She recently posted about making a Do Not Open Bottle but using it in the garden. I love it when someone expands upon an experiment and makes it their own. If you are unfamiliar with the Do Not Open Bottle experiment, it is a lesson in air pressure, gravity and surface tension.
Start with an empty soda bottle, poke holes around it near the bottom. Set the bottle in the sink and fill it up about half way. It’s a little tricky, because some of the water will leak out the holes. Replace the cap on the top and lift the bottle. If the cap is tightly sealed, the water will stop leaking from the holes. When you twist the cap and allow air to rush into the bottle, the water will once again
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Have you ever wanted to be a magician? Or do you want to impress your friends? All you need is a few Pyrex beakers, water, Wesson vegetable oil and Pyrex stir rods. The Wesson oil has the same index of refraction as a special kind of glass that has gone through a tremendous amount of heat called Pyrex. When you place the stir stick in the oil, it looks like the stick disappears in the oil. The secret behind this cool science experiment is the index of refraction.
