Steve Spangler
{{Short description|American television presenter, author and science teacher}}
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| name = Steve Spangler
| image = Steve-Spangler-Headshot-2022.jpg
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| caption = Spangler in 2019
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|12|8}}
| birth_place = Denver, Colorado, U.S.
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| occupation = Television personality
Author
Science teacher
| known_for = Television host DIY Sci
YouTube personality
| website = https://stevespangler.com/
}}
Steve Spangler (born December 8, 1966) is an American television personality, author and STEM teacher.{{cite web|url=http://www.nsaspeaker-magazine.org/nsaspeaker/201204?pg=11&search_term=steve%20spangler&doc_id=-1&search_term=steve%20spangler#pg11|title=Meet the new Mr. Wizard|author=Tim Hyland|publisher=Speaker Magazine|date=April 2012|accessdate=22 June 2014|archive-date=27 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727225540/http://www.nsaspeaker-magazine.org/nsaspeaker/201204?pg=11&search_term=steve%20spangler&doc_id=-1&search_term=steve%20spangler#pg11|url-status=live}} He was the CEO of Steve Spangler Science until 2018 when the company was sold to Really Good Stuff, LLC, a division of Excelligence Learning Corporation.{{Cite web |title=Excelligence Learning Corporation® - News |url=https://www.excelligence.com/news.aspx#twentyq |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=www.excelligence.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.beamazing.com/About/Default.aspx|title=Welcome to Be Amazing! Toys|publisher=Be Amazing! Toys|accessdate=22 June 2014|archive-date=12 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812231024/http://beamazing.com/About/Default.aspx|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web |author=Clayton Neuman |date=20 April 2007 |title=The TIME 100 — Are They Worthy? |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100walkup/article/0,28804,1611030_1610841_1609829,00.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812122940/http://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100walkup/article/0,28804,1611030_1610841_1609829,00.html |archive-date=12 August 2014 |access-date=22 June 2014 |publisher=TIME}}{{cite web|url=http://www.9news.com/story/local/2011/08/16/1881132/|title=Steve Spangler|publisher=9 News|date=16 August 2011|accessdate=22 June 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140622165435/http://www.9news.com/story/local/2011/08/16/1881132/|archivedate=22 June 2014}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/blog/category/honors-and-awards/|title=New Sick Science! Kits Honored with Family Fun Award at New York's Toy Fair|author=Susan Wells|publisher=Steve Spangler Science|date=18 February 2014|accessdate=22 June 2014|archive-date=5 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705012525/http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/blog/category/honors-and-awards/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://emmyawards.tv/awards/archives-nominees-and-winners/list-of-winners-and-nominees/1997-winners/|title=1997 Winners|publisher=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|date=1997|accessdate=22 June 2014|archive-date=13 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513021828/http://emmyawards.tv/awards/archives-nominees-and-winners/list-of-winners-and-nominees/1997-winners/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://emmyawards.tv/awards/archives-nominees-and-winners/list-of-winners-and-nominees/2010|title=List of Winner and Nominees|publisher=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|date=2010|accessdate=22 June 2014|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208231151/http://emmyawards.tv/awards/archives-nominees-and-winners/list-of-winners-and-nominees/2010/|url-status=live}}
Career
=Education work=
File:Steve Spangler and methane fire at Science in the Rockies 2011 SWC201107088547.jpg
Spangler's career began as a science teacher in the Cherry Creek School District in Colorado.{{cite news |date=September 2006 |title=Steve Spangler on Science Magic and Why You're losing Booking to Non-Magicians |publisher=MUM}}
In 1992, Spangler began working as an adjunct faculty member at the Regis University in the Department of Chemistry.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhosi.com/ |title=Winter Science Workshop |publisher=National Hands-on Science Institute |date=2003 |accessdate=22 June 2014 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031018120303/http://www.nhosi.com/ |archivedate=October 18, 2003 }} He was the Executive Director of the National Hands-on Science Institute until 2001.
=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 after seeing him perform a science demonstration show at a public event. News for Kids premiered in 1991 and was picked up for national syndication in 1993, airing in 185 cities every Saturday morning. 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.Al Lewis [http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_4613809 Mentos-soda mix a mint for scientist] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303214630/http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_4613809 |date=2007-03-03 }} Retrieved January 2, 2007.
The Diet Coke and Mentos eruption experiment was first televised by Spangler in 2002 and became popular on the Internet in 2005. More than a thousand videos appeared online replicating the experiment. Spangler was nominated for the Time 100 in 2007 because of the experiment. 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.{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/Toying-with-the-Diet-Coke-and-Mentos-experiment/2100-11395_3-6159137.html|title=Toying with the Diet Coke and Mentos experiment|author=Greg Sandoval|publisher=CNET|date=13 February 2007|accessdate=22 June 2014|archive-date=8 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708014545/http://news.cnet.com/Toying-with-the-Diet-Coke-and-Mentos-experiment/2100-11395_3-6159137.html|url-status=live}}
=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.
Spangler also runs the Sick Science! YouTube channel{{cite web|url=http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/videos|title=Videos|publisher=Steve Spangler Science|accessdate=August 20, 2014|archive-date=July 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727172852/http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/videos|url-status=live}} and a TikTok account.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=@stevespangler on TikTok|url=https://www.tiktok.com/@stevespangler?request_from=server&isUniqueId=true&sec_uid=&adj=609|access-date=2020-11-19|website=TikTok|language=en|archive-date=2020-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716235017/https://www.tiktok.com/@stevespangler?request_from=server&isUniqueId=true&sec_uid=&adj=609|url-status=live}}
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. Spangler also received a Guinness World Record for the largest physics lesson.{{cite web | title=Largest physics lesson | website=Guinness World Records | date=7 May 2009 | url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-physics-lesson | access-date=15 October 2023}}
Spangler was inducted into the National Speakers Association's Speaker Hall of Fame in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.nsaspeaker.org/community/recognition/cpae-speaker-hall-of-fame/|title=CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame|publisher=National Speakers Association|accessdate=22 June 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811205755/http://www.nsaspeaker.org/community/recognition/cpae-speaker-hall-of-fame/|archivedate=11 August 2015}}
In October 2011, Spangler was selected as one of 100 initial partners[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/youtube-tv-channels-kutcher-poehler-254370?page=show YouTube Announces TV Initiative With 100 Niche Channels] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501113304/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/youtube-tv-channels-kutcher-poehler-254370?page=show |date=2012-05-01 }} Retrieved November 21, 2012 for the YouTube Original Channel Initiative and received funding for the production of new original programming.{{cite web|url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970203687504577004170200345732?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052970203687504577004170200345732.html|title=YouTube Tees Up Big Talent|author1=Amir Efrati|author2=Lauren A.E. Schuker|publisher=Wall Street Journal|date=29 October 2011|accessdate=22 June 2014}} Spangler's YouTube show, The Spangler Effect, debuted February 1, 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/blog/in-the-news/the-spangler-effect-to-debut-on-new-youtube-channel-february-1st/|title=The Spangler Effect to Debut on New YouTube Channel February 1st|author=|publisher=|date=26 January 2012|accessdate=22 June 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2011/10/28/youtube-original-channels/|title=YouTube Reveals Original Channels|author=Marc Hustvedt|publisher=TubeFilter|date=28 October 2011|accessdate=22 June 2014|archive-date=19 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619221732/http://www.tubefilter.com/2011/10/28/youtube-original-channels/|url-status=live}}
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.{{cite news|url=http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/health-science/science-with-flair-q-a-with-educator-steve-spangler-1.1094056|title=Science with flair: Q&A with educator Steve Spangler|author=Ron Davis|newspaper=Scranton Times-Tribune|publisher=The Times Tribune|date=23 January 2011|accessdate=22 June 2014|archive-date=19 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084036/http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/health-science/science-with-flair-q-a-with-educator-steve-spangler-1.1094056|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://alumni.colorado.edu/wp-content/uploads/coloradan/2007_03/buffalowdown.pdf|title=Mentos provide alum an "exploding" hobby|publisher=The Coloradan|date=March 2007|accessdate=22 June 2014|archive-date=19 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819085916/http://alumni.colorado.edu/wp-content/uploads/coloradan/2007_03/buffalowdown.pdf|url-status=live}} Spangler has three sons.{{cite web | url=https://www.stevespanglerscience.com/2008/12/07/the-family-who-eats-fire-together-sticks-together-growing-up-in-a-family-of-magicians/ | title=The Family Who Eats Fire Together Sticks Together - Growing up in a Family of Magicians | date=8 December 2008 }}
References
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External links
- [https://www.stevespangler.com/ Steve Spangler]
- {{IMDb name|2773842}}
- [http://www.9news.com/spangler/ Video experiments on 9News]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070303000348/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/1125091221.html?dids=1125091221:1125091221&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Sep+10%2C+2006&author=Patrick+Evans&pub=Toronto+Star&edition=&startpage=D.3&desc=A+blog%2C+a+bottle%2C+a+mint "A blog, a bottle, a mint" - Toronto Star]
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