He Blinded me with Science

Steve Spangler is having a contest of sorts on his facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=1016679907#!/stevespangler

Here is my entry for Science Fair Disaster:

When I was in fourth grade I designed a science fair project to show photosynthesis with bean sprouts, dixie cups and good soil. Some ten bean sprouts were distributed around the house in varying humidity and li...ght situations. I was very excited, using my Childcraft and Brittanicas for research as well as the public library books and worked really, really hard on it. Three of the sprouts were devoured by my guinea pigs and almost all of the others were tampered with by my older brother (he dug the bean seeds out and replaced them with marbles). The ones that were present on window sills etc were left alone and seemed to be doing very well, so I assumed my project was on track. Ten days went by before I knew what was going on it was time to gather my research and show the world at school. Much to my dismay eight of the ten had NO growth, except for the nubs left by the guinea pigs. I was so panicked. I wrote a note explaining to the viewers at the science fair that somehow seven out of ten of the beans had become marbles and explained what the guinea pigs did.


For extra credit I debunked the myth of the Sea Monkey by showing a report on brine shrimp. YEARS later, I included the story in my chapter book series and soon will have a comic book series published that was inspired by these events. The title: The Sea Monkey That Ate My Big Brother!

P.S. as a father, I shared this story with my son who did the same bean seed in a cup science experiment. This time, no guinea pigs, no big brothers tampering!

UNBELIEVABLE PHOTOGRAPHY!

Sometimes you find something, suggested by a friend, that you simply cannot keep to yourself. I have always enjoyed taking pictures and just when I think I have something really good, like my owl pictures and others I have posted here, I find someone who actually REALLY knows how to do it.

I hope you admire the amazing ability of this man and will pass his site on to others!

http://www.naturephotographyblog.com/

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Hi, my blog is being neglected because of some very exciting things I am working on presently! My new agent is getting a lot of WORDS to sell presently and I am caught up in creating a BRAND NEW CHARACTER and STORY for the world! THEN, there is this new website with my books going electronic! AND, I am recording some of my books presently in my den!

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This is the coolest thing!

Please check out this website:

As an enthusiastic scuba diver, I LOVE seeing what people do to preserve and in this case create reefs so generations can enjoy them! BUT more than that this is just a SUPER cool website!

http://www.underwatersculpture.com

Honest review by a youngster, nice!

Guaranteed to WARM YOUR HEART!

http://www.chieftain.com/news/local/article_4060521c-09a1-11e0-b9a0-001cc4c002e0.html

This is a great article about books touching lives!

The story is about either an old man or old woman (depending on the child's gender) who reveal their past dreams combining fantasy and reality.

As the students returned to their desks with their new books, they immediately tore off the ribbon and thumbed through the colorful pages of the book.

"I like this book a lot," said Anthony Montelongo, 8, as his eyes grew wide with each turn of a page. "I think this is going to be one of my favorite books."

Esperanza Espinoza, 8, said with each page she read, she could see herself in the book.

"I picture the girl saying all those things and then I picture me saying it too," she said. "I think this is going to be a book that I'm going to read over and over again because it's a great book."

Deja Apodaca, also 8, who already had read through half of the book, said her favorite part was the dream the girl had about being a diver and exploring the sea.

"I think this part is funny," she said showing off a page with a shark bearing a shiny, gold tooth. "I'm glad Bob gave me this book."

Sincerely yours,

"Jason" Matott

In my newest book, Gabe is up to his old tricks!

In an attempt to fool The Goon Squad, Gabe mixed up his journal, just in case they found the plans that were coming up to do a SUPER prank! If you have the book, check it out, Chapter 7 holds MUCH mystery and the way it is put together is simply GENIUS... ahem, uh, okay.... thanks for reading!

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