by Caroline Crocker | May 20, 2025 | Mybooks, Science
Are scientists made or born? Obviously, career scientists do need training, but why do they even bother? It certainly isn’t for the money! I can’t guess why anyone else did it, but I can explore why I became a scientist. Fashion? It was not as a fashion...
by Caroline Crocker | May 16, 2025 | Teaching
In a month or so, I will attend the Home Educators Association of Virginia (HEAV) 2025 convention as a workshop speaker and vendor. I’ll teach about writing a book and sell my books. But that’s not what I want to write about now. To do that, I need to go back in...
by Caroline Crocker | May 14, 2025 | Science
Science by a Scientist: On Molecules I recently wrote about atoms, the fundamental unit of matter. You can find that here. The article may have caused you to wonder how fewer than 100 types of naturally occurring atoms form the basis of all we see. The answer is...
by Caroline Crocker | May 13, 2025 | Faith, Science, Teaching
My eldest granddaughter recently told me she has chemistry homework. Although she understands my quirks, I opted not to geek out on her by enthusing about how cool atoms are. I am, after all, a scientist. But, I’m telling you: they’re seriously amazing....
by Caroline Crocker | May 6, 2025 | Science, Teaching
My mother, who is 90, pricked herself while sewing. not a disaster, but, as a result, the finger became infected…and we went to the doctor. He prescribed antibiotics and gave her a tetanus booster. According to a recent study, that may be unnecessary for people...
