An overview of the work of scientists who have advanced the study of microorganisms including Robert Hooke, Edward Jenner, Louis Pasteur, Ferdinand Cohn, Joseph Lister, and Alexander Fleming.
Provides instructions for more than fifteen experiments that use household items and teach about science topics, such as cells, bacteria, acids and bases, and the phases of matter.
Ms. Frizzle shrinks her students and takes them on a tour of a rotten tomato and a hamster's water dish in an attempt to prove to Keesha that microbes are responsible for turning a prize cucumber into a pickle.
Photographs and simple text introduce young readers to some of the gross things found in school such as head lice, bacteria on desks and other surfaces, and germs from coughing or sneezing.
