Steve Spangler

Steve Spangler grew up in Denver, Colorado, where he got his start in show business as a magician at the age of five. Spangler's parents, Bruce and Kitty Spangler, operated a school for magicians in Denver and served as consultants to top name magicians over the past forty years. Steve attended the University of Colorado at Boulder to receive his degree in chemistry and went on to teach science in the Cherry Creek School District in Colorado from 1991-2003. Spangler started his career in television in 1991 as the science host of News for Kids, a nationally syndicated program produced by NBC Business Video. Steve joined KUSA-TV in Denver in 2000 as an on-air talent producing weekly education-based segments that featured engaging science experiments that viewers could try at home. Spangler has over 1,100 segments to his credit and two Heartland Emmy awards. In addition to his work on television, Spangler is the founder of SteveSpanglerScience.com, a Denver-based company that produces science toys and educational kits for specialty store retailers and mass market stores like Target, Walmart and Toys R' Us.