November’s puzzles include our 100th Logic & Maths Set.
The Skeptical Crossword Puzzle this month has “Job Titles and Descriptions“ as its theme.
The usual seven picture puzzles and twenty trivia / general knowledge type “mixed bag” questions accompany. Go to the top of the PUZZLES PAGE.
Enjoy!
Thanks to the Science Teachers Association of Victoria’s Janice Teng and her team of volunteers, the Victorian Science Talent Search has continued its unbroken run of sixty-nine years. The question was never “Can STS continue, given the unprecedented restrictions imposed by the Corona virus?” but “How should STS run in 2020 to best effect?”
Each year, a theme is set for the thousand or so entries that are submitted for judging. This year, the theme was Deep Blue – Innovations for the future of our Oceans.
Vic Skeptics and Australian Skeptics Inc. have jointly supported STS for many years, and are consistently among its major sponsors.
This year we were delighted to provide cash bursaries to sixty-six participants. View More The Science Talent Search 2020
Here’s an announcement – or a reminder – about the motivational student worksheets available in .pdf from this site. They take the form of crosswords, word searches and cryptograms and are pitched variously at age groups from primary to senior secondary.
Topics include General Science, Astronomy, Biology (including Evolution and Human Reproduction), Botany, Chemistry, Health, and Physics.
This material, which was designed for classroom use has been in unexpectedly high demand for home schooling and enrichment during 2020. There’s a lot of great stuff available on the www; we hope you find our contribution useful.
Go here: https://skeptics.cafe/useful-info/puzzles-worksheets-for-science/
The annual Australian Skeptics Convention takes place on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th October.
Gold Coast Skeptics and Queensland Skeptics have teamed to produce the first On-line Australian Skeptics convention, with an exciting array of presenters.
For more information and bookings (all welcome!), go to: https://www.skepticon.org.au/
For October we’ve added the usual picture puzzles, mixed bag questions, Skeptical Crossword and Logic & Maths set to the top of the PUZZLES PAGE.
Our “Special” puzzle sets for those in quarantine or lock-down have proven to be popular, so we’ve added some more. Just continue scrolling down past the October Puzzles to the heading ADDITIONAL PUZZLES & DIVERSIONS – SEPTEMBER PUZZLES.
Enjoy
The PUZZLES PAGE has September’s Picture Puzzles, Mixed Bag Questions and Logic & Maths Puzzles, as well as a Skeptical Crossword Puzzle with the theme of General Skeptical Issues.
There are more “Special” puzzle sets as well, particularly for those who are self-isolating or experiencing some degree of lock-down or quarantine. Just scroll down; and enjoy.
Go to our PUZZLES PAGE, for this month’s Picture Puzzles, Mixed Bag Questions and Logic & Maths Puzzles. The Skeptical Crossword Puzzle is (unsurprisingly) about Conspiracy Theories, and (also unsurprisingly) is quite large and time-consuming.
We’re continuing to provide new sets of “special puzzles” of various kinds to cope with whatever regime of home isolation prevails in your area. (Here in Victoria Australia, it’s pretty full-on.)
The latest lot of Special Puzzle .pdfs comes just after the August Puzzles, and if you continue to scroll down past the July puzzles, the sets posted in May, June and July are still available.
Enjoy, and stay safe.
The crossword puzzle this month has been compiled by a Skeptic casting a somewhat bemused eye over events of the last few months. You’ll find it HERE and also near the top of the PUZZLES PAGE, along with July’s Picture Puzzles, Mixed Bag Questions and Logic & Maths Puzzles.
In May, we started an additional collection of sets of “special puzzles” of various kinds to help those of you who are stuck at home to pass the time. You’ll find that growing collection of .pdfs on the Puzzles Page if you scroll down past the July puzzles. Enjoy, and stay safe.
Vic Skeptics Cafés monthly public meetings will now be on-line, for the foreseeable future.
Join us every third Monday of each month.
Next: Citizen Science with Brendan O’Brien
Monday 15th June 8:15 pm chat, 8:30 pm (1030 UTC) presentation
Details on the EVENTS page
New Puzzles for June are on the PUZZLES PAGE.
Last month we gave you a link to puzzles and diversions of various kinds (not specifically Skeptic-related).
Here are some more: