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Gr 5-8 Being raised in then strictly segregated Columbia, SC, couldn't keep a smart young African-American man out of college, even prestigious Harvard University. Floundering in an unfamiliar milieu, Tyrone Hayes caught the attention of a serious science professor who recognized the potential of this struggling student and became his mentor. Turner's lucid text and Comins's clear color photos follow Hayes's developing ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

The latest volume in the Scientists in the Field series introduces us to Dr. Tyrone Hayes, who researches the effects of pesticides on frog development as one possible cause of the rapid decline in amphibian populations around the world, a phenomenon not yet fully explained. Turner allows us to accompany Hayes as he travels to a pond research site in Wyoming and back to his laboratory at the University of California- Berkeley, explain...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Readers are introduced to Dr. Tyrone Hayes, who studies the effects of pesticides on frog development. Hayes travels to a pond resear...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In The Frog Scientist, Pamela S. Turner does more than make a complex scientific problem accessible to young readers. She makes Tyrone Hayes’s investigation into the effects of the pesticide atrazine on frogs fascinating, urgent, and exciting. Turner also introduces readers to a scientist whose enthusiasm for his research is infectious. Turner seamlessly interweaves three narratives. First, she presents the biography of Dr. Hayes, who overcame numerous difficulties to become a successful researcher. Seco...Log In or Sign Up to Read More