Radio DJ Didn't See This Coming – Fire Extinguisher Science Demo
Denise Plant and Murphy Houston are the morning drive team disc-jockeys at KOSI101 FM in Denver. Murphy is a Denver icon in radio and Denise is the queen of media in Denver - radio, television and commercials. I mention this because even seasoned…
Going Green and Plastic Free
The BBC UK called our offices yesterday to get permission to use the Inside the Soda Can experiment, that I've done on 9News, for Chris Jeavans "plastic-free" blog. Chris is trying to live for one month without using any plastic products.…
Science Experiment Receives Lots of Feedback
A few weeks ago on my 9News segment I featured a Seven-Layer Density column. It's a colorful way to talk about density in the classroom. Well... we thought we had all of our facts straight, but when we inadvertently put in the experiment write-up…
July 4th Science – Exploding Watermelons
Over the years, the exploding pumpkin demo is right up there at the top of my short list for my all time favorite, crowd-pleasing science demonstration. But who wants to wait a whole year just to do the demo again? That's why we're working on…
Cooking Popcorn with a Cell Phone?
I never cease to be amazed by what shows up in our e-mail inbox. Today's video clip shows an intimate gathering of friends who are just conducting a little experiment with their cell phones - trying to pop popcorn using the combined energy from…
How much gasoline will 9/10 of a cent get you?
Everyone in Denver knows Al Lewis, the smart (and funny) business columnist for the Denver Post. If you're a regular reader, you know that Al looks at things a little differently than most people do. Okay, he' very funny. My phone rang yesterday…
Potatoes, Diapers and Fire Water on the Ellen Show
If you couldn't get enough of flying potatoes the first time, the nice people at the Ellen Show are rerunning the show that originally aired on April 15, 2008. The featured experiments include the Baby Diaper Secret, Fire Water and several…
Swinging Tray of Glasses – Ooops!
Everything was going great. I loaded the tray with four glasses filled with water and told Becky Ditchfield (the lovely meteorologist from 9NEWS) to swing the tray over her head (demonstrating Newton's Laws of motion). It looked like things…
Not Your Typical Mentos Geyser Video
There are literally thousands of online videos featuring the Mentos Geyser experiment, but this video is worth a few minutes of your time. It's a first-class video produced by Mr. Delos Santos and his third grade class at Stone Ranch Elementary…
Pick Steve's Bee… Win a Prize!
You might think that we're just physical science people, but we do have a soft spot in our hearts for living things... especially honeybees. There's a huge honeybee problem and Haagen-Dazs has done a great job with their HelptheHoneyBees.com…
