In September 2005, Steve Spangler dropped a roll of Mentos into a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke. The video became one of YouTube’s first viral phenomena. Twenty years later, his videos have crossed 4.5 billion views, and parents are still finding Diet Coke stains on their kitchen ceilings.
That’s the story most people know.
The longer story is more interesting.
Steve is a two-time Emmy Award winner, a member of the National Speakers Association Hall of Fame, and the bestselling author of nine books, including The Engagement Effect (Forefront Books, 2025). He’s been a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show twenty-seven times. Ellen called him America’s Science Teacher. He hosts the nationally syndicated series DIY Sci on FOX and CW affiliates and streaming on Amazon Prime. TIME Magazine listed him among the year’s most influential people. Global Gurus named his program the world’s #1 in education three years in a row.
Over thirty years, Steve has delivered more than 6,500 live presentations, trained 120,000 educators, and built and sold three companies in the educational products and content space. The principles that get a fifth grader to lean in get a Fortune 500 audience to do the same.
Today, he serves as the STEM Educator in Residence at High Point University, where his work now extends into the schools of business, entrepreneurship, and communication.
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