steve spangler is here. you! everybody is getting a selfie. >> everybody here! >> go broncos! this is my king soopers. gosh, do they take care of people. but everybody's in line. everybody's excited about magnets, excited to see you. you are signing autographs, doing selfies. >> reporter: it's been fun. >> this is fun, right? >> reporter: yeah, more than anything, they are excited about the broncos and excited about getting these magnets. take a look. they still have a couple left. you know, when we started out, there was 1000 magnets to give away. we had people that were here in line since 11:30 this morning that were decked out with orange and blue, some that drove miles to get here. >> we've seen little kids with cheers. everybody's decked out. there's not a parking spot to be found. the line is wrapped around the building. it was nuts. isn't that great? we're excited about our broncos. >> reporter: we certainly are. we're going to take on the steelers this sunday. what better way to show our pride than with the broncos magnet. >> exactly. the broncos are on fire! they are

>> science guy steve spangler is joined by two science >>> it is a steve spangler science kind of day and i have been in short -- assured of my safety by these two guys. >> you don't have to worry about being safe. sometimes kids take a day off other kids prepared -- prepare a science trick. where are you at school? >> human heritage. >> i am at macintosh -- i am at heritage. >> i am at macintosh. >> they wanted for bottles and this one is yours -- four bottles and this one issuers. what else did you want? >> regular rope.>> what is the experiment?>> this is a root beer jeannie -- genie. they are ought -- in all root beer bottles. first thing you do is stick your rope in. >> spend that around. there is nothing holding onto that piece of rope. >> it is a genie .>> you take that one and i'll take this put it in here and turn it upside down. weagle it like this. -- wiggle it like this.>> okay, we will tell you the secret. it will be okay.>> this is a regular piece of rope, however, there is something in our bottle that is not regular. it is a cork ball.>> give one to becky. tell us what

steve spangler. >> who's also 39. and it's national opposites day. we'll see what that has to do with steve turning up with a handful of money, and a powerful kitchen blender. okay. it's national opposites day, in case you didn't know. >> you're pretty good with your -- balancing routine. look at that. look at that. it's just a magnet, ladies and gentlemen. it is national opposites day. i don't know what it means, but you're supposeed to can the -- to do the opposites thing. it's national opposite day. i thought about magnets but what about taking money and sticking it in a blender. let's start with magnets. there are many different times, we have bronco magnets. i have one you have to be careful of. >> will it stop my watch again. >> yet again. >> this is a neo -- it is a permanent magnet. i'm going to put this there. hand. it's okay. that's how it works there, sparky. stay there. this is rare. >> you're not going to have kids, but you're done. >> i'm not going to be a pitcher in the league. >> those are powerful magnet. in fact, it's powerful enough

steve spangler has the story. >> reporter: she allegedly violated a behavioral agreement a month ago. in an e-mail, staff accused of of making negative statements about children not related to her daughter's case. the mother denies all the allegations. >> reporter: amber first shared her story with us last summer. the story of a heart-wrenching decision to separate her conjoined daughters shortly after birth knowing one wouldn't survive t. minnesota woman chose to do that here in colorado where experts at children's hospital would perform the surgery. little olivia passed away, but little savannah survived and continues to be treated at children's which is how this all started. mcculla filed a complaint with the state saying the hospital was resistant to help her daughter in a dangerous situation. four days after that, the hospital limited her visitation then, this past weekend, the hospital informed her attorney she wouldn't be allowed to see her daughter because she had violated the terms of a behavioral agreement, being verbally abusive to staff. scott robinson says it is a surpris

.>>> parents and kids get excited and that's why we bring in steve spangler.>> steve >>> here comes science fair. steve makes the point that even though we have done many fascinating things over the years. >> we have set many things on fire. >> we have missed many -- one thing that makes it hard to be a science fair opportunity. >> everybody thinks the classic volcano. people put vinegar and baking soda together and we say the words like a gas or carbon dioxide. the stakes are too high for us to just treat this as playtime. we need scientists and kids to do real science. put on your safety glasses. we know that if you take vinegar and baking soda and mix them together, what happens. >> you get a volcano. >> you get an erection. maybe we should start with analysis. we have baking soda here and then we add the vinegar like this. watch what happens. you get this and now i can measure how high it goes. we got to about the 550 ml mark. now we go back and change it and we say, let me add 150 ml and some more baking soda. now, i am starting to gather data. once i have that data, i can do a compari

steve spangler has the story. >> reporter: she allegedly violated a behavioral agreement a month ago. in an e-mail, staff accused of of making negative statements about children not related to the mother denies all the allegations. >> reporter: amber first shared her story with us last summer. the story of a heart-wrenching decision to separate her conjoined daughters shortly after birth knowing one wouldn't survive t. minnesota woman chose to do that here in colorado where experts at children's hospital would perform the surgery. little olivia passed away, but little savannah survived and continues to be treated at children's which is how this all started. mcculla filed a complaint with the state saying the hospital was resistant to help her daughter in a dangerous situation. four days after that, the hospital limited her visitation time to two hours a day. then, this past weekend, the hospital informed her attorney she wouldn't be allowed to see her daughter because she had violated the terms of a behavioral agreement, being verbally abusive to staff. scott robinson says it is a sur

.>> we will discuss this with the fabulous as the fabulous science guy steve spangler.>>> it could get close to 50 degrees this week.>> kathy sabine is in the backyard. it is pleasant, but it would be nice to get to the 50s again.>>> we haven't seen it in so long. it is cool and dry and you can once we get some wind, it will help to mix that. the air quality will improve just a bit. when you look eastover downtown denver with fair skies and light wind. you can see the pollution level. travel along the i-25 corridor looks just fine. if you get a picture, send them in and watch for them on 9news. this is one of my favorite cameras at ridgeway. recent pattern. 40 at the airport as compared to a cold 21 in greeley. 30 and grand junction. 40 and 12 will go into the books for today. you can see how those stacked against the averages. we are pretty close to where we should be for this time of year. wind out of the east. here in the 9news backyard, it is almost 40 degrees. once the sunsets, we will feel that temperature drop and we will start to see a difference in the weather pattern overnigh

i'm here with steve spangler. >> this is the greatest king soopers. these people are on fire right now! they are waiting in line. it's nuts around here! >> reporter: and it's all for? >> broncos magnets! you know how great it is to have the entire state of a science teacher's dream and the broncos. >> if you weren't able to get your broncos magnets today, we'll still have locations this weekend. go to 9news.com to find locations. and kim and brandon, folks out here, they are on what? >> they are on fire! >> you know, it stretches all the way down around. there are so many people. they are taking care of everybody here! so good! >> reporter: one more go, broncos! [ cheers & applause ] >>> 9news at 5:00 is next. . >>> next at 5:00, a tough day at legend high school after one of three students pulled from an icy pond didn't make it. also ahead, two denver area wal- mart stores set to close for good, within the next two weeks. >> and stocks take yet another major tumble to finish its worst two-week open for a year

up a look back at the tragic moment when the >>> today marks 30 years since explosion of the steve spangler challenger. 73 seconds after lift-off as it was climbing into the blue sky a failed seal called an o ring caused the shuttle to blow up killing the seven astronauts on board. it was one of those disasters that people remember where they were when they saw or heard about it. i was at cape canaveral with photographer manny sotelo doing stories on colorado connection to the mission. cu-boulder ellison on zuko was on board. it had a sat slight called spartan halle on board. we were there with six elementary school kids and teachers from boulder county. they had won a contest sponnered by ball aerospace to watch the launch. something they are still emotional about three decades later. >> dave aguilera, who led the trip down from ball aerospace, this was just after the accident. and he just turned to us and he said, they're dead. and that moment was the first time i had ever been in contact with mortality in that way. >> nasa will pay tribute to the challenger crew today during a day of rem

steve spangler is here and he will show us an experiment with these magnets. oh, boy. >>> let's check weather and traffic with amelia and marty. good morning. >> good morning. let's go right out to our c-dot cameras. it is not obvious that we can see the exact results of the delay on the cameras itself. but here is that live look outside. flashing lights. on the left shoulder. and now, i can say, at least no lanes are blocking eastbound c- 470 and the broadway area. but the backup across wadsworth and a crawl of a day and add on top of that it is a sun glare. a mess to the south side. 70 in trouble with the eastbound wreck near brighton. furthert to east side, another one, westbound i-70 and chambers. >>> around here for us today, amelia, high clouds today. we are seeing the sun glare she and it is going to stay that way throughout the day. a few thin clouds here and there. dry everywhere. after another frigid start in the central valleys of colorado. and we will rebound, into the teens, 20s and 30s. in the northern valleys. a little warmer from the arkansas v