The Grizzly Hustle and Other Cases by Seymour Simon

Author:Seymour Simon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: StarWalk Kids Media
Published: 2016-08-02T00:00:00+00:00

The Hidden Treasure

“Today we’re going to learn about three macro nutrients. These are three basic elements of our diets,” Ms. Taylor told her sixth-grade science class. “Proteins, carbohydrates, and fats or lipids.”

Einstein Anderson began to giggle. Paloma was sitting next to him at the worktable. The whole class was divided up into lab teams, and of course Einstein and Paloma were lab partners, along with Pat Hong and Stanley Roberts.

When she heard him giggle, Paloma knew Einstein had thought of another one of his silly jokes.

“Not now, Einstein,” she whispered.

“But how does DNA communicate?” he whispered back.

“I don’t know,” Paloma hissed.

“It uses a cell phone!”

“Mr. Anderson!” At the front of the classroom, Ms. Taylor had stopped in the middle of a sentence. “I suppose you already know all about this. So why don’t you explain to the class how we can test for proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids?”

Across the table, Pat Hong tried not to laugh. Pat and Einstein were good friends, even though they really didn’t have much in common. Pat was a star athlete who never even thought about science until he started hanging out with Einstein and Paloma. He was tall, with short black hair, and he almost always wore his Sparta soccer team jersey.

“Good going, Einstein,” he whispered.

Ms. Taylor held out a piece of chalk and invited Einstein up to the blackboard. He stood up, pushed his glasses back up onto the bridge of his nose, and went to the front of the class.

“She should have asked me,” Stanley sniffed, sounding insulted. Stanley Roberts was a tall, thin kid with short blond hair and a narrow face. For years, he’d been convinced that he, not Einstein, was the real science genius in the town of Sparta. He was also sure he was going to invent some sort of new software or technology and become a billionaire like Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg. The problem was, Stanley never spent much time actually learning about science or technology. But he did talk about it a lot.

Stanley had invented his own corporation, StanTastic Industries. He liked to dress the way he thought the CEO of a big corporation would dress, which meant he always wore tan chinos, a white shirt, and a tie. Today was no different.

At the front of the class, Einstein cleared his throat and began speaking.

“There are simple ways to test for each of these nutrients,” he explained, in a calm, clear voice. “For example, iodine will react with some carbohydrates and turn a dark purple or black. Fats or lipids will turn a piece of paper translucent, so you can see through it. And you can test for proteins with something called Biuret solution.”

“Yeah, I knew all that,” Stanley grumbled as Einstein continued. “He’s such a showoff.”

When Einstein had finished, Ms. Taylor smiled in spite of herself. “Well, Adam,” she said. “I see, as usual, you already know the material.” Ms. Taylor always called Einstein by his real name, Adam. She said it was because she didn’t think she had anything to teach someone named Einstein.

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