I Just Keep Wondering: 121 Questions and Answers about Science and Other Stuff

by Larry Scheckel

Here you’ll find entertaining and expansive answers to 121 questions you didn’t even know you had, such Why can’t you tickle yourself? Why are cooking directions different at high altitude? Why does the full moon look really big on the horizon but smaller when it’s high in the sky? Where does the light go when you turn off the switch? The answers may surprise you, and they’ll leave young readers eager for more.

240 pages, Hardcover

Published May 1, 2019

About the author

Larry Scheckel grew up on a family farm in the hill country of southwestern Wisconsin, one of nine children. He attended eight years of a one room country school, four years of high school, off to the military for a spell, trained in electronics as a TV broadcast engineer, married, college, and started a teaching career. That career stretched over thirty-eight years teaching physics and aerospace science to over four thousand high school students at Tomah, Wisconsin.

Larry has been named Tomah Teacher of the Year three times, and Presidential Awardee at the state level for six years. He is the recipient of the Tandy Award, Kohl Award, Wisconsin Physics Teacher Award, Health Physics Society Award, Ron Gibbs Award, and Excellence in Science Teaching Award. He has authored articles for The Science Teacher magazine and The Physics Teacher magazine. He has been a Science Olympiad coach, robotics mentor, organized field trip and star gazing sessions, and gave orientation flights to students.

Larry has shared his expertise with teachers at National Science Teacher Association conventions, Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers, and summer workshops. He has given presentations to thousands of adults and students in such venues as Children's Museums, Boys and Girls Clubs, Rotary, and conventions.

Larry likes to bicycle in the Driftless area of south central Wisconsin, jog on the back roads, fly a Cessna 150 over the verdant countryside, work crossword puzzles, read newspapers, historical books, and trade magazines, and fly radio controlled planes. He and wife, Ann, retired teachers, have written nine books and live in Tomah, Wisconsin.

Reviews

[Joanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book teaches you about a lot of every day things you didn't even think about from Science and Chemistry to the Human body. There are a variety of topics covered under each section. We read a topic each night with my mom because some of the words are a little advanced and scientific, so she was able to explain and discuss with us. Illustrations would be helpful for us to understand more. Advanced curious readers will like this book. - reviewed by Hunter 6th Grader & Cayenne 4th Grader