Steve Spangler

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Steve Spangler
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Spangler in 2019
Born (1966-12-08) December 8, 1966 (age 57)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Occupation(s)Television personality
Author
Science teacher
Known forTelevision host DIY Sci
YouTube personality
Website https://stevespangler.com/

Steve Spangler (born December 8, 1966) is an American television personality, author and STEM teacher. [1] Steve served as the CEO of Steve Spangler Science until 2018 when the company was sold to Really Good Stuff, LLC, a division of Excelligence Learning Corporation. [2] [3] Spangler posted the first Diet Coke and Mentos video on YouTube in September 2005 and his 2002 televised demonstration of the eruption went viral, launching a chain of several other Diet Coke and Mentos experiment viral videos. [4] [5] He earned two Heartland Emmy Awards and a total of five Emmy nominations. Spangler is an inductee of the National Speakers Association Speaker Hall of Fame. [6] [7] [8]

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Career

Education work

Steve Spangler igniting methane-filled bubbles in the hands of a young teacher at Science in the Rockies 2011. Steve Spangler and methane fire at Science in the Rockies 2011 SWC201107088547.jpg
Steve Spangler igniting methane-filled bubbles in the hands of a young teacher at Science in the Rockies 2011.

Spangler's career began as a science teacher in the Cherry Creek School District in Colorado. [9]

In 1992, Spangler began working as an adjunct faculty member at the Regis University in the Department of Chemistry. [10] He served as the Executive Director of the National Hands-on Science Institute until 2001. [10]

Television work

During his first year of teaching, a producer from the Denver, Colorado NBC affiliate KCNC-TV offered Spangler a position as a science host on News for Kids [9] after seeing him perform a science demonstration show at a public event. [9] News for Kids premiered in 1991 and was picked up for national syndication in 1993, airing in 185 cities every Saturday morning. [9] After six seasons, Spangler produced 220 segments that featured simple science experiments that viewers could easily recreate at home.

In 2001, Spangler joined the Denver NBC affiliate, KUSA-TV 9NEWS as their Science Education Contributor. [5] [11]

The Diet Coke and Mentos eruption experiment was first televised by Spangler in 2002 and became popular on the Internet in 2005. [5] More than a thousand videos appeared online replicating the experiment. [5] Spangler was nominated for the Time 100 in 2007 because of the experiment. [4] He signed a licensing agreement with Perfetti Van Melle, the maker of MENTOS, in 2006 and developed a line of toys to be used with the experiment. [1] [11] [12]

Other work

Spangler is the author of seven books: Down to a Science, Taming the Tornado Tube, Bounce No Bounce, Fizz Factor, Secret Science, Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes, Fire Bubbles and Exploding Toothpaste. [13]

Spangler also runs the Sick Science! YouTube channel [14] and a TikTok account. [15]

Awards

Spangler received a Heartland Emmy Award in 1997 for his contribution the television program News for Kids. In 2010, he received a Heartland Emmy Award for Spangler Science - Weather and Science Day at Coors Field. [6] [8] Spangler also received a Guinness World Record for the largest physics lesson. [16]

Spangler was inducted into the National Speakers Association's Speaker Hall of Fame in 2010. [17]

In October 2011, Spangler was selected as one of 100 initial partners [18] for the YouTube Original Channel Initiative and received funding for the production of new original programming. [19] Spangler's YouTube show, The Spangler Effect, debuted February 1, 2012. [20] [21]

Personal life

Steve Spangler was born on December 8, 1966, in Denver, Colorado. He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder with a dual degree in chemistry and humanities in 1989. [13] [22] Spangler has three sons. [23]

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