Table of Contents Introduction 4 Chapter one NASA Probe 6 Chapter two Fired Fireworks 8 Chapter three Mustard Gas 10 Chapter four Chernobyl Explosion 14 Chapter five Chimp vs Baby 16 Chapter six School Fire 20 Chapter seven Elephants on Drugs 22 Chapter eight Monster Study 24 Chapter nine Bat Bombers 26 Chapter ten Killer Bees 30 Consider This 32 Glossary 32 Index 32
Introduction Science is the study of all kinds of things Scientists are people who study science They study the world They study nature They study animals They study people They study forces They study energy Scientists observe Observe means to see Scientists experiment Experiment means to test things out Scientists explore ideas They design projects They make many mistakes They learn from their mistakes They keep working They want to get it right But there are science mistakes And then there are really strange science mistakes These science mistakes are super strange They’re so strange that they’re hard to believe They sound like fiction But these stories are all true
Some scientists work in labs Some work in the field
