Expand your knowledge on all things gross with these fun facts about nature’s yuckiest bugs, creatures, and animal habits! Perfect for fans of the Weird But True! series.
There’s no escaping gross stuff—especially not in the wilderness! Discover icky, disgusting details about squishy insects, stinky animals, scary plants, and more.
From fungi to snails to bats (oh my!), what’s gross has never been so fun!
Sylvia Branzei is the author of Grossology, Animal Grossology, Grossology Begins atHome, Hands-On Grossology, and Virtual Grossology. She is the originator of grossology, or the idea of teaching science through gross things. Before devoting her life to grossness, Sylvia was a science teacher at a remote school in Mendocino County, California. She taught science to the entire school, from kindergarten through high school.
Her writing experience includes coauthorship of The Soap Opera: Science on Stage Anthology, a play about the chemistry of soap. She authored several articles that appeared in The Science Teacher, Science Scope, Partners in Education, and Creation Spirituality. She wrote curriculum guides for NASA SETI and for the Department of Energy.
Sylvia received her BS degree in microbiology from the University of Michigan in 1980. She received her MA degree in science education from California Polytechnic University in 1986.
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Jack Keely is an illustrator whose works include Dressing Up, Animal Friends, Ickstory, and Grossology.
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Expand your knowledge on all things gross with these fun facts about nature’s yuckiest bugs, creatures, and animal habits! Perfect for fans of the Weird But True! series.
There’s no escaping gross stuff—especially not in the wilderness! Discover icky, disgusting details about squishy insects, stinky animals, scary plants, and more.
From fungi to snails to bats (oh my!), what’s gross has never been so fun!
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Sylvia Branzei is the author of Grossology, Animal Grossology, Grossology Begins atHome, Hands-On Grossology, and Virtual Grossology. She is the originator of grossology, or the idea of teaching science through gross things. Before devoting her life to grossness, Sylvia was a science teacher at a remote school in Mendocino County, California. She taught science to the entire school, from kindergarten through high school.
Her writing experience includes coauthorship of The Soap Opera: Science on Stage Anthology, a play about the chemistry of soap. She authored several articles that appeared in The Science Teacher, Science Scope, Partners in Education, and Creation Spirituality. She wrote curriculum guides for NASA SETI and for the Department of Energy.
Sylvia received her BS degree in microbiology from the University of Michigan in 1980. She received her MA degree in science education from California Polytechnic University in 1986.
View titles by Sylvia Branzei
Jack Keely is an illustrator whose works include Dressing Up, Animal Friends, Ickstory, and Grossology.
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