The sulfuric acid spill that closed
I-25 last week prompted a number of chemistry teachers to use the news event to illustrate the properties of this powerful acid.
Steve Spangler is in the 9News backyard equipped with safety glasses, gloves and a small amount of this extreme acid.
About Steve Spangler
Science...
Steve Spangler is a celebrity teacher, science toy designer, speaker, author and an
Emmy award-winning television personality. Spangler is probably best known for his
Mentos and Diet Coke geyser experiment that went viral in
2005 and prompted more than 1,
000 related YouTube videos. Spangler is the founder of www.SteveSpanglerScience.com, a Denver-based company specializing in the creation of science toys, classroom science demonstrations, teacher resources and home for Spangler's popular science experiment archive and video collection. Spangler is a frequent guest on the
Ellen DeGeneres Show where he takes classroom science experiments to the extreme.
Check out his pool filled with 2,
500 boxes of cornstarch!
Cool Science
Toys -
http://www.SteveSpanglerScience.com
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Experiment of the
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Attend a Spangler Hands-on Science
Workshop for
Teachers - http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/t...
Visit Spangler's
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Join the conversation on Steve Spangler's blog - http://www.SteveSpangler.com
Additional
Information:
On the education side, Spangler started his career as a science teacher in the
Cherry Creek School district for 12 years.
Today,
Steve travels extensively training teachers in ways to make learning more engaging and fun. His hands-on science boot camps and summer institutes for teachers inspire and teach teachers how to prepare a new generation for an ever-changing work force. Over the last 15 years, he has also made more than 500 television appearances as an authority on hands-on science and inquiry-based learning.
On the business side, Spangler is the founder and
CEO of Steve Spangler Science, a Denver-based company specializing in the creation of educational toys and kits and hands-on science training services for teachers. The companys unique business strategies and viral creations have been featured in the
Wall Street Journal,
Inc. Magazine,
Wired and
TIME Magazine where online readers voted Steve Spangler #18 in the Top
100 Most Influential
People of the Year for
2006 (what were they thinking?). You'll find more than
140 Spangler created products available online at SteveSpanglerScience.com and distributed to toy stores and mass-market retailers worldwide.
Spangler joined
NBC affiliate 9News in
2001 as the science education specialist. His weekly experiments and science segments are designed to teach viewers creative ways to make learning fun. His now famous
Mentos Geyser experiment, turning
2-liter bottles of soda into erupting fountains, became an
Internet sensation in
September 2005 when thousands of people started posting their own Mentos explosions on YouTube.com.
As founder of SteveSpanglerScience.com, Spangler and his design team have developed more than 140 educational toys and science-related products featured by mass-market retailers like
Target, Wal-Mart,
Toys R' Us,
Discovery Channel Stores and over 1,400 independent specialty toy stores. His educational science catalog and on-line business offers more than a thousand science toys and unique learning resources.
Recently, Spangler has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Inc. Magazine,
WIRED, the
History Channel,
Food Network and TIME Magazine where on-line readers voted Steve Spangler #18 in the Top 100 Most Influential People of the Year for 2006.
His recent appearances on the Ellen DeGeneres Show have taught viewers how to blow up their food, shock their friends, create mountains of foam, play on a bed of nails, vanish in a cloud of smoke and how to turn 2,500 boxes of cornstarch and a garden hose into a swimming pool of fun.
- published: 18 Jan 2011
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