Author Archives: larryscheckel

Our newest book, ASK A SCIENCE TEACHER, released by Experiment Publishing, contains 80 new Questions and Answers concerning science and everyday life. Below is one of the new Q & A. QUESTION: How do they decide how long airport runways … Continue reading →

I have been writing a science column for nearly 20 years, published weekly in the Tomah Journal newspaper. In 2011, we put 233 of those question and answer columns in a book entitled Ask Your Science Teacher. A new, updated, … Continue reading →

An excerpt from forth coming book: Seneca Seasons: A Farm Boy Remembers Coon Hunting    part 4 of 4 Then there appeared a glimmer of orange light on the distance horizon. The moon was coming up over Lynch’s farm up on … Continue reading →

An excerpt from forth coming book: Seneca Seasons: A Farm Boy Remembers Coon Hunting part 3 of 4 “Bring the flashlight closer, Phillip” Dad said. Dad wanted the flashlight beam to be in line somewhat with the gun sights. Dad … Continue reading →

An excerpt from forthcoming book “Seneca Seasons: A Farm Boy Remembers”. Part 2 We were now down on the Kettle Hollow floor, next to the small stream that started several miles to the southeast, near the Reed farm, and coursed … Continue reading →

An excerpt from forth coming book: Seneca Seasons: A Farm Boy Remembers Coon Hunting Raccoons came around the farm buildings at night. They were after anything we had, that tasted good to a raccoon, like young chickens, lambs, and piglets. … Continue reading →

Excerpt from forthcoming book “Seneca Seasons: A Farm Boy Remembers” Gopher Cat She was a yellow calico cat. Very quiet, the way cats are supposed to be. She arched her back up when you reached down to stroke her. She … Continue reading →

How’s Your Writing Going? It’s a question friends, neighbors, and relatives often ask. Well, it’s going OK. We keep writing a weekly column for the Tomah Journal entitled “Ask Your Science Teacher”. Our first book, by the same name, Ask … Continue reading →

QUESTION: Why does the moon have craters? ANSWER: Our Moon’s surface is pock-marked with craters formed by collisions from meteorites, comets, and asteroids. The average speed of an asteroid striking the Moon is about 12 miles per second. When one … Continue reading →