Don't use your skin as detector of ultra-violet light (UV),
try experimenting with Energy Beads or UV Beads. These indicator
beads change color when exposed to UV light. It's an amazing
way to test the effectiveness of sun screen or to see if UV light
is really blocked out by filters in sun glasses.
Patches of red pine trees blanket Colorado's high country
and serve as a warning for an an incredible forest fire that will
be unlike anything the state of Colorado has ever experienced. You
can’t blame this one on drought, but instead a tiny little black
beetle living just under the bark. According to Colorado State
forestry officials, an estimated 750,000 acres of trees have been
killed by the Mountain Pine Beetle… and this is just the
beginning.
Steve's son, Jack Spangler, decided that it is just too hard
to pour soft drinks by turning a 2-liter bottle of soda upside
down. The bottle is just too heavy. So Jack decided to use the
power of Mentos and Diet Coke to fill 6 glasses at once and solve
his problem.
Steve Spangler could not resist the temptation to mix up his own
formula for fun on 4th of July. Steve celebrates the Fourth with
some liquid fireworks and a new 4th of July tradition... watermelon
carving.
What do you do after finishing a can of soda? You crush the can
and recycle it. Some people crush it with their hands while others
come up with more creative methods using their feet or head. You
don't need to use your body, learn how to use the power of air
pressure to flatten a can.
If you have watched the Ellen Show you have seen Steve Spangler
teach Ellen how to do some cool science stuff... but there were
some things that you didn't see. Steve has the
behind-the-scenes scoop.
Make a rubber band rigid, shatter a bicycle tube and turn your
breath into a liquid. These are just a few of the amazing
demonstrations that are available to teachers in the Denver metro
area as part of the CARE Program.
A special cryogenics demonstration kit is available to teachers
in the Denver metro area by calling the National Institute of
Standards and Technology C.A.R.E. program in Boulder at (303)
497-3244 or you can go to the CARE website.
In his never ending search for fun things to do at the grocery
store Steve Spangler has a science illusion that is guaranteed to
fool some unsuspecting person in the produce department.
With the start of summer comes the dangers of lightning. Your
chances of being struck by lightning in the United States are 1 in
600,000. But here in Colorado, lightning is the number one life
threatening weather hazard.