Tag - Weather and Science Day

Spangler Wins Heartland Chapter Emmy for Weather and Science Day Television Special

The Spangler team received its second Heartland Chapter Emmy Award last Saturday night at the awards gala held in Denver, Colorado. The award was received for the half hour television special – Spangler Science and Weather at Coors Field - that aired on KUSA-TV 9News in Denver, Colorado. But this award is extra special for the Spangler team because we share it with our own Bradley Mayhew who is credited on the Emmy as the editor.

The television special documented the first ever Weather and Science Day at Coors Field 2009. It was at this event that the Spangler team received its first Guinness World Record for the Large Physics Lesson – conducting a hands-on science demonstration with 5,401 people all at the same time.

Our first Heartland Chapter Emmy Award was awarded in 1997 while I was working at KCNC as the host of News for Kids, a nationally syndicated show that aired every Saturday morning.

Here’s a quick overview of the half hour
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How Ironic! Colorado Rockies Weather & Science Day Cancelled Due to Winter Storm

You just can’t make this stuff up. Weather & Science Day is cancelled due to… weather. But it’s not just a little rain we’re talking about. This storm has the potential to drop a lot of snow, and the high temperature for tomorrow is supposed to be only in the low 30′s. We received the word just a few minutes ago from the Colorado Rockies management that the event scheduled for Wednesday, May 12th has been cancelled due to the large winter storm bearing down on Colorado. The Rockies even cancelled tonight’s game due to the snow. Here’s the formal announcement from the Colorado Rockies.

Unfortunately, due to the inclement weather and cold temperatures, we are cancelling the 9News Weather and Science Day presentation with Steve Spangler at Coors Field. We will NOT be able to reschedule the presentation due to the Rockies schedule. Here are the ticket options…

1. Keep tickets and attend the May 12 game- as of now, we fully anticipate playing the regularly scheduled game.
2. Exchange tickets for another game- May 25-27, June 8-10- and return ALL of your May 12 tickets to
   

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Colorado Rockies Weather & Science Day 2010 – Attempting a New Guinness World Record?

Last year’s Weather & Science Day at Coors Field resulted in a new Guinness World Record for the Largest Physics Lesson. Thanks to support from the Colorado Rockies and 9News, the Steve Spangler Science team is excited to be a part of the 2nd Annual Colorado Rockies Weather and Science Day at Coors Field on May 12, 2010. Here’s a sneak peek at what’s in store for this year’s event.

The event is scheduled to kick-off at 10:30 a.m. when I’ll be joined by my good friend Kathy Sabine, meteorologist extraordinaire, from 9News (KUSA-TV in Denver). Over the years, I’ve subjected Kathy to every imaginable situation in an effort to create some new experience that makes science fun. This year, Kathy will share some of her best weather predicting secrets and teach us the science behind our most extreme weather in Colorado… and I’ll try not to blow her up.

“Every big science show deserves a few erupting concoctions and some really cool kabooms,” said Steve as he filled a large trashcan with liquid nitrogen. “But this is not going to be a sit-and-watch experience. Every person in the audience will
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Best of Spangler Science 2009

It’s been quite a year for us at Steve Spangler Science… in fact, when the year starts out with 50 off your closest friends helping you wish Ellen DeGeneres a Happy Birthday, you know big things are in store.  Whether we were letting fans ride on the infamous Bed of Nails at NAEYC 2009 or launching trash cans with a police force audience, we can guarantee that 2009 was never boring.  We’ve compiled some of our favorite highlights from the year, so feel free to browse through them and go back with us as we reminisce about our favorite moments from 2009… can you imagine what 2010 has in store?

Happy Birthday Ellen!

Our 2009 Boot Camp tour kicks off in Oklahoma City, with a great group of teachers.

Our team stormed Toy Fair and set off a few geysers in the process.

Steve Spangler Science Jelly Marbles were featured on the prime-time hit series Numb3rs.

I debuted what would become one of our most requested experiments… Laminar Flow.

The face of our Insta-Snow product, Arianne Heaton, headed to college, years after she was my student at Willow Creek Elementary.

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Jeff Francis and Steve Spangler Hit a Home Run at Coors Field… With a Potato

One of the highlights of Weather and Science Day was the look on Jeff Francis’ face – Colorado Rockies Pitcher – when I pulled out my potato “launcher” and told him to shoot it into left field.  It was like a kid in a candy store… The first shot was pretty good, it went past the outfielder, who apparently drew the short straw and had to stand in center field and catch potatoes.  The next shot went right into the glove… then, it was time to bring out the big daddy of potato launchers.  Francis’ face changed a little when I brought my giant potato launcher.  But, Francis was a good sport… he aimed and fired and that potato flew way over the wall in center field, right into the Rockies waterfall.  The crowd went wild… 5,000 science students watching the Rockies’ ace pitcher shoot a home run over 400 ft at Coors Field with a potato.