You Never Know Where The Quirkles Might Show Up Next!
To learn the latest news, see our monthly science segment on KOLR, or to know where we might be presenting at a conference, tradeshow or school, check out our event dates below. Special thanks to our licensing partner FrogStreet Press and our fellow science educator Jason Lindsey for also helping us spread the word about the Quirkles! And if that’s not enough, check out our Quirkles MySpace page, or find us on YouTube and Teachertube. And, if you’re really a science/literacy buff, download our clips to your Ipod.
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Check out the KOLR-10 segment for November! Kitchen Chemistry Kal, KOLR 10, and Terri Johnson talk about fun science experiments that can be done with food. They demonstrate this through some fun experiments involving food coloring, milk, and the unbreakable egg!
10.14.08
KOLR-10: Quirkles Halloween Special!
Check out the KOLR-10 segment for October! Terri Johnson demonstrates many fun Halloween science experiments that can be done in the classroom or at home. Make smoke pour out of your pumpkins mouth, use Atomic Glow and dry ice with blacklights, and make Atomic Worms through the science of polymers this year to spice up your Halloween!
Check out the KOLR-10 segment for September! Colorful Caroline, who is one of The Quirkles, KOLR 10, and Terri Johnson talk about color mixing. They demonstrate this through some fun experiments involving food color tablets and primary colors!
Check out the KOLR-10 segment for August! Andy Acid, who is one of The Quirkles, KOLR 10, and Terri Johnson talk about acids and acid based indicators. They demonstrate this through some fun experiments involving goldenrod paper and cabbage juices!
Check out the KOLR-10 segment for July! Inquisitive Inman, KOLR 10, and Terri Johnson talk about science process skills and focus specifically on the topic of observation. They demonstrate this through a fun experiment involving disappearing water!
06.29.08
KOLR-10, The Quirkles, Mentos and Diet Coke!
Check out the KOLR-10 Mentos and Diet Coke segment! KOLR 10, Terri Johnson, and Sherry Cook demonstrate the concept of geysers by combining Diet Coke and Mentos. This activity can be great for science experiments and is sure to be entertaining for all.
06.29.08
The Quirkles® Creators Pair Up with Jason Lindsey of Hooked on Science
Recently Quirkles® creators, Sherry Cook, Terri Johnson, and Jesse Kuhn forged an agreement with an award winning science educator from their home state--Missouri. Jason Lindsey is an Outreach Science Educator for the Bootheel Youth Museum in Malden, Missouri. Each year Lindsey performs science experiments at hundreds of schools and community events. Lindsey's science segment "Hooked on Science" airs on television stations across America and has earned awards for outstanding science coverage. For more information, check out the Hooked on Science website, http://www.hookedonscience.org.
Check out the KOLR-10 segment for June, where The Quirkles own Terri Johnson demonstrates the concept of volcanoes. Be sure to check out the video to learn how to make your own volcano too!
Check out the KOLR-10 segment for May, where The Quirkles own Terri Johnson demonstrates the concept of pressure. Be sure to check out the video as well for a couple other fun tricks involving pressure!
Check out the KOLR-10 segment for April, where The Quirkles own Terri Johnson demonstrates the different densities of water vs. salt water. Be sure to check out the video as well for a couple other fun tricks involving density!
03.15.08
KOLR-10: Storm Acadamy
The Quirkles participated at this years Storm Acadamy that is organized by KOLR-10. The event was a great success and we are very grateful to have been able to be a part of the event! Thanks KOLR-10!!!
Check out the KOLR-10 segment for March. Who knew releasing oxygen could be so much fun? Join The Quirkles own Terri Johnson once again as she demonstrates how exciting simple science concepts can be!
01.25.08
KOLR-10: Making Snow with The Quirkles
Check out the KOLR-10 segment for January, where The Quirkles own Terri Johnson teaches us how to make snow from a super-absorbant polymer that turns water into a fluffy faux snow!
11.27.07
KOLR-10: Making Dry Ice Bubbles
The Quirkles own Terri Johnson is now doing a regular "Science Spot" on Springfield's KOLR-10 News. Check out the first one, where Terri shows you how to make Dry Ice Bubbles! >Link
10.30.07
Business Spotlight
We were recently a "Business Spotlight" for the Springfield Business Journal. Read the article here. If that link does not work you can view it as a pdf here. (you will need Adobe Acrobat to view)
04.30.06
The April 29th Quirkle premiere was a great success!
We had a big turnout and excellent media coverage for the event. Special thanks go out to the Discovery Center, KOLR 10, KSFX, Springfield News-Leader, and all of our wonderful family and friends that helped make this day possible.
Great News Clip from the The Quirkles premiere below!
04.13.06
"Here they come! Quirkle invasion scheduled for April 29th"
We were recently featured on the MSU website "Here they come! Quirkle invasion scheduled for April 29".
03.20.06
Republic Schools' Early Childhood Center pilots the Quirkles
We are excited to announce a partnership with Republic Schools' Early Childhood Center. Seven of their teachers will be doing classroom piloting work with us. Also special thanks go to the Discovery Center of Springfield as well.
OCTOBER 4, 2008 (Frog Street Press booth) SHABE- Suburban Houston Association for Bilingual Education Aldine, TX
OCTOBER 5-7, 2008 Kansas Association for Gifted, Talented and Creative Lawrence, KS
OCTOBER 11, 2008 (Frog Street Press booth) Rio Grande Valley Science Association
South Texas ISD campuses of Med High and Science Academy
Mercedes, TX
OCTOBER 12-14, 2008 Gifted Association of Missouri Lake of the Ozarks, MO
OCTOBER 15, 2008 Missouri Day-Author Visit-Wanda Gray Elementary Springfield, MO
OCTOBER 16-18, 2008 (Frog Street Press booth) TX- TAEYC (Texas Association for the Education for Young Children) Corpus Christi, TX
OCTOBER 22-24, 2008 (Frog Street Press booth) Texas Association Bilingual Educators
Arlington Convention Center Arlington, TX
OCTOBER 23-25, 2008 (Frog Street Press booth) LAECA (Louisiana Early Childhood Association) Lake Charles, LA
OCTOBER 30-31, 2008 (Frog Street Press booth) Tepsa Fall Summit (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association) Houston, TX
If you would like to inquire about an upcoming Quirkles event, or would like to see about the possibility of having the Quirkles® as part of an event, email us at info@quirkles.com.
NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER 4-8, 2008 (Frog Street Press booth) NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) Dallas, TX
NOVEMBER 10-12, 2008 (Frog Street Press booth) TWU Reading Recovery Dallas, TX
NOVEMBER 14-16, 2008 Missouri School Age Community Coalition (MOSAC2) Springfield, MO
NOVEMBER 20-21, 2008 Arkansas Reading Association Conference Little Rock, AR
NOVEMBER 20-22, 2008 (Frog Street Press booth) ASHA-(American Speech Language Hearing Association) Chicago, IL
NOVEMBER 23-25, 2008 (Frog Street Press booth) Kentucky Council for Exceptional Children’s Conference Louisville, KY
If you would like to inquire about an upcoming Quirkles event, or would like to see about the possibility of having the Quirkles® as part of an event, email us at info@quirkles.com.
DECEMBER
DECEMBER 7-9, 2008 (Frog Street Press booth) Southeast International Reading Association Regional Nashville, TN
If you would like to inquire about an upcoming Quirkles event, or would like to see about the possibility of having the Quirkles® as part of an event, email us at info@quirkles.com.
2009FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY 24-27, 2009 Arkansas Gifted Conference Little Rock, AR
If you would like to inquire about an upcoming Quirkles event, or would like to see about the possibility of having the Quirkles® as part of an event, email us at info@quirkles.com.
MARCH
MARCH 12-14, 2009 Conference on the Young Years Lake of the Ozarks, MO
MARCH 19-22, 2009 National Science Teachers Association New Orleans, LA
If you would like to inquire about an upcoming Quirkles event, or would like to see about the possibility of having the Quirkles® as part of an event, email us at info@quirkles.com.
APRIL
APRIL 19-21, 2009 Missouri Association of School Librarians Lake of the Ozarks, MO
