Books with title THE MAD SCIENTIST

The Krumbles seem an ordinary family - busy mum, hardworking dad, and their two children Liam and Piper. Boys, as Piper would tell you, are annoying and boring. Girls, as Liam would say, are equally annoying but also devious and at times, too smart for their own good! When Liam makes himself invisible Piper sets out to discover the truth, is he really a scientist? Or a scammer? Sisters always seem to have a way of finding out. Liam then discovers a secret cellar full of rats and zombies, and wants to turn it into his very own laboratory, but Piper has other ideas. In a dark and spooky corner Liam finds a briefcase full of amazing secret formulas that once belonged to Professor Nutbolt, a mad old scientist who mysteriously vanished years ago. Now that the world of science is at his feet, will Liam discover the truth behind the Professor's disappearance or will he become a victim too? Liam and Piper are about to find out...

All the world may be a stage, but it can also be an excellent laboratory, filled with exciting opportunities to learn about the wonders of science. An overturned rock in the forest, a picnic in the park, or a walk around the block all offer unlimited possibilities for scientific discovery. The Little Scientist encourages young children to view the world around them as a giant experiment in progress, to explore their surroundings-be they classrooms, homes, backyards, or playgrounds-in search of knowledge about how and why their environment works. The activities and projects in this book take advantage of the natural curiosity in all children, encouraging them to become physically involved in the learning process. Jean Stangl's fine collection of experiments include learning how to: measure temperature; make new colors; grow and cook food; recycle garbage; care for small animals; set up an aquarium; generate energy; study insects; and detect moisture in the air... and much more. This is an ideal resource for teachers and others who work with young children, to be used in the classroom or on the playground. These experiments require no background in science, only simple and inexpensive materials and very little time to conduct. They are specially designed to help young children develop the observational and reasoning skills they'll need to become successful students.

The critically acclaimed Scientist in the Field book about how one boy’s interest in backyard science inspired a career in scientific discovery. Growing up in South Carolina, Tyrone Hayes didn’t worry about pesticides. He just liked to collect frogs, and later found his calling in an amphibian research lab. While scientists around the globe discovered frogs were dying of habitat loss and disease, Tyrone learned the most commonly used pesticide in the United States, atrazine, might also play a role. When he tested it in his Berkeley lab, it caused some of the males to mutate into half-male, half-female frogs. He wanted to know what was happening and why, so he traveled America to do the research and find out.

Dr. Robert Mason, the current recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Young Investigator Award, has been studying a mysterious phenomenon for over fifteen years: the reemergence of tens of thousands of red-sided garter snakes — the world’s largest concentration of snakes — after a winter spent in a state of suspended animation in subterranean caverns.This gathering each spring in the forests of Manitoba, Canada, is one of the most extraordinary events of the natural world and is the subject of study for Dr. Mason, a.k.a. the Snake Scientist.

The critically acclaimed Scientist in the Field book about how one boy’s interest in backyard science inspired a career in scientific discovery. Growing up in South Carolina, Tyrone Hayes didn’t worry about pesticides. He just liked to collect frogs, and later found his calling in an amphibian research lab. While scientists around the globe discovered frogs were dying of habitat loss and disease, Tyrone learned the most commonly used pesticide in the United States, atrazine, might also play a role. When he tested it in his Berkeley lab, it caused some of the males to mutate into half-male, half-female frogs. He wanted to know what was happening and why, so he traveled America to do the research and find out.