Books in Mad Science series

Take the imagination of bestselling author Gordon Korman, add the hands-on expertise of the popular Mad Science group and eureka! A hilarious new science fiction series!Taste bud tricks. Artificial mucus. Skeleton models made out of marshmallows. Mr. Flask has his sixth graders studying the science of the human body. The Professor eagerly watches their experiments and then comes up with one of his own: the superpowered muscle-regenerating body rub. Too bad he couldn't keep that huge vat of goo from flooding the gym! The latest title in the ongoing series about science facts, fun, and the ongoing feud between the von Offels and the Flasks.

Evolution: why did fish grow feet? is a fun, non-fiction narrative story of evolution. Rodent narrator Nippy takes us on a journey through time, looking at the events on our planet, from the first stages of life to our own appearance on Earth. This is a fun, informative and accessible book through which children can discover how our planet and the wonderful diverse creatures that have lived on it evolved. It has all the great animals that kids love to see and read about - from giant Sauroposeidons, to fierce Velociraptors and the mighty early mammals. Every animal is put into context using a fun and revealing timeline, which shows when each group of creatures lived on our planet and when they met their demise. A brilliant book for children to learn how our planet came to life, showing them all the major changes to our Earth through the last 700 million years+.

Anthony Briggs hates pigeons, and for good reason. Thanks to his funny way of walking and his leg braces, his classmate TJ started calling him Pidge, a nickname hed love to dump. So when the Science Squad recruits students for a project to solve why pigeons come in so many different colors, Anthony is anything but interested . . . until he learns that the reward is spending a night at the Natural History Museum. He signs up in a flash, and ends up paired with TJ. Anthony is stuck listening to TJs insults and doing two peoples work. Can he stick it out to win the museum overnight? Or will the birds get the best of him again?

Clarita Rosita Santiago Romero hasnt made many friends since moving to North Carolina last year. But that changes when she joins her local Science Squad and simultaneously gets sucked into a quest to defend a sea turtle and her eggs from poachers. But how much impact can a group of kids have on one sea turtles life? Welcome to the Science Squad, a citizen science organization for curious kids who love nature and science! Follow along as Squad members journal their efforts to make a difference in the world around them.