Steve Spangler's Ultimate Halloween Bundle

Kesler Science and Steve Spangler have teamed up to bring you 19 demos you can do for your class, 12 hands-on experiments for your students, and 45-min Halloween Science video presentation by Steve himself.

To make your experiences easier and safer, we have included Steve's "Dry Ice Secrets" free with the bundle. These activities will WOW your students.

These Halloween science demonstrations and activities are teacher-created, kid-tested, and guaranteed to give you amazing Halloween science experiences. Take advantage of this spooky time of year to teach your students some science!

To be as easy and successful as possible, these recipes often refer to materials sold in kits. However, there are many ways to replace these materials on your own. There is a list of kit materials - and their DIY recipes - at the bottom of this description. Please check this out before purchasing!

NOTE: Some of the experiments and demos have been previously published by Steve Spangler under the names “Ultimate Halloween Science Party” and “Spooky Science.” They have been improved and redesigned for self-printing.

Bundle Includes:

Steve Spangler’s Halloween Science Party Video
This video is a 45-minute Halloween extravaganza of entertaining experiments with Steve's energetic flair. Your students will be amazed as Steve creates eerie concoctions and explains the science as he goes. Reward your students with the video or use it during a class party. This is one continuous video, directed to students, hosted on Vimeo for an ad-free experience.

UPDATED! The file now includes a worksheet to go with the video. It features recall questions, creative extensions, and CER practice, plus differentiated and digital 1:1 versions.

The video link is in a PDF that you download with this purchase.

Steve Spangler’s Spooky Science Teacher Halloween Demos
19 different demonstrations, each with a materials lists, step-by-step instructions, and explanations of the science behind it all. If you have a large crowd to wow, want to reward or engage your students, or have younger students who can't safely handle the materials, this is just for you!

Demos Include:

Dry Ice Crystal Bubble

Boo Bubbles

Slime - The Real Recipe

Atomic Shaker Slime

In Search of Phosphors

Freeze Your Shadow

Glow Powder

Glow-in-the-Dark Putty

The Art of Glow Atomic Glow

Atomic Worms

Glowing Tonic Water

Mentos and Tonic Fountain

Spinning Penny

Screaming Balloon

Twirling Sounds

Singing Tubes

Screaming Cup

Singing Glasses

Steve Spangler’s Halloween Experience Labs
12 mesmerizing, differentiated, hands-on experiments that use the CER process and come with a teacher answer key. Get your students excited with Ghoul Goo, Screaming Balloons, Ghost Poop, and more! Available in 1:1 digital format (for classroom/hands-on use – not distance learning). These resources have brand-new student response pages (modified version included) and have been redesigned for self-printing.

Labs Include:

Dracula Paper

Frozen Shadow

Ghost Barf

Ghost Detector

Ghost Eggs

Ghost Poop

Ghoul Goo

Glow in the Dark Slime

Glowing Boogers

Glowing Concoctions

Goblin Guts

Screaming Balloon

Halloween Dry Ice Secrets: Tips on buying, safely transporting, and storing dry ice, plus interesting facts and amazing science experiments using dry ice.

One word of warning... kids who do these activities have been known to have fun and learn some very cool science! Happy Halloween!

List of Materials and DIY Recipes for the Labs

To be as easy and successful as possible, these recipes often refer to materials sold in kits. Kesler Science does not get any benefit from the sale of these kits, and there are many ways to replace these materials on your own.

Dracula Paper

Goldenrod paper (DIY: boil four tablespoons of turmeric for every two cups of water; soak white paper and allow to dry.)

Ammonia solution (commonly sold as Windex)

Cotton balls

Frozen Shadow

Mini black light

Glow-in-the-dark copy paper (No DIY option; sold in stores and online)

Ghost Barf

Clear Slime Goo (DIY: 4% PVA solution)

Shaker cups with lids

Cross linker solution (DIY: 1 cup of warm water + 1 tablespoon sodium tetraborate, AKA Borax)

Jelly Marbles (DIY: polyacrylamide orbs sold as toys and for floral arranging)

Ghost Detector

Energy Stick/Energy Rod (No DIY option; sold in stores and online)

Ghost Eggs

Clear Jelly Marbles (DIY: polyacrylamide orbs sold as toys and for floral arranging)

Ghost Poop

Starch packing peanuts

Ghoul Goo

Gravi-Goo Powder (DIY: polyethylene oxide, AKA PolyOx)

Glow-in-the-Dark Slime

Slime Goo (DIY: 4% PVA)

Cross-linker solution (DIY: 1 cup of warm water + 1 tablespoon sodium tetraborate, AKA Borax)

Glowing Boogers

Worm Solution (DIY: 2g sodium alginate + 100 mL distilled water)

Worm Activator (DIY: 5g calcium chloride + 100 mL distilled water)

Atomic Goo (DIY: use fluorescein dye, or soak the core of a neon yellow highlighter in the liquid ingredients of a recipe in advance)

Glowing Concoctions

Baby soda bottle (unblown, unformed soda bottle)

Vegetable oil

Glow Powder (DIY: zinc sulfide)

Mini black light

Goblin Guts

Worm Solution (DIY: 2g sodium alginate + 100 mL distilled water)

Worm Activator (DIY: 5g calcium chloride + 100 mL distilled water)

Screaming Balloon

Latex Balloons

Hex Nuts

List of Kit Materials with DIY Recipes for the Demos

This is not the complete list of items needed for the demos, but the remainder are household and hardware-store purchases. To be as easy and successful as possible, these recipes often refer to materials sold in kits, which are listed below. Kesler Science does not get any benefit from the sale of these kits, and there are many ways to replace these materials on your own.

• Sound Tubes and Glow-in-the-Dark copy paper are best purchased rather than made.

• “Atomic” Materials: DIY - fluoroscein dye, or soak the core of a neon yellow highlighter in the liquid ingredients of a recipe in advance.

• Boo Bubble Generator: DIY - cut off the top of a two-liter bottle and cover it with a large funnel connected to rubber tubing.

• Cross-linking Solution: DIY - 1 cup warm water + 1 tablespoon sodium tetraborate (Borax)

• Glow Powder: DIY - zinc sulfide

• Slime Solution: DIY - 4% polyvinyl alcohol

• Worm Activator: DIY - 5g calcium chloride + 100 mL distilled water

• Worm Solution: DIY - 2g sodium alginate + 100 mL distilled water

File Formats: PowerPoint and PDF; can be uploaded to Google Slides.

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