Category: Announcements

January 27, 2020

Surfcoast Skepticamp VIII – latest

Skepticamp 2020 February 29

10:30 AM – 4 PM
Aireys Inlet Community Hall
Great Ocean Rd, Aireys Inlet, Victoria

Here are some of the presenters and topics, with more to come:

Richard Saunders: Strange Energies and Even Stranger Devices

Karl Hemphill: Scammers on Line

Aung Ko Oo & Arghavan Shafiei: Ken Harvey’s Whack-a-Mole Project

Dr Scott Power: Climate Change

Tina Hanigan: Shonky TAFE Courses update. Some new kids on the block

Stella Schubert: My Journey from Acupuncturist to Skeptic

It’s free, but register via the Eventbrite link: https://tinyurl.com/SkepticampVIII

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January 16, 2020

Darwin Day 2020

ANNUAL BARBECUE (Melbourne area)

Help us celebrate Charles Darwin’s 211th birthday at the annual Barbecue, from 5 pm at the Studley Park Boathouses picnic area. BYO everything.

THE DARWIN DAY SUITE  

Celebrate February 12 (Charles Darwin’s Birthday) in your classroom!

charles_darwin_statue_natural_history_museum_londonCharles Darwin Crossword Years 9 to 12

Darwin bio Read and answer

Charles Darwin Wordsearch Years 5 to 8

Charles Darwin Cryptogram Years 7 to 10

Dr.APIS.12.February@Darwin

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December 31, 2019

Puzzles for January 2020

The box at left contains eight bonus puzzles: each decodes to a word or a phrase. The answers are HERE

Otherwise, for the month of January 2019 we’ve put the usual Picture Puzzles, Mixed Bag questions, a Crossword about Greek Mythology and a set of Logic Problems with solutions at the top of the PUZZLES PAGE . Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

Archived puzzles:

https://skeptics.cafe/puzzles/puzzles-archives/

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December 17, 2019

Bonus Puzzles

To  help you tide over the holiday season, here are two offerings:

Dec 2019 bonus puzzles

This is an 11 page compendium of twenty puzzles of various kinds, with answers supplied.

113 January 2020 xword Skepticon

This is the crossword puzzle designed for the Skepticon 2019 booklet, with one important difference – this one has the correct clues!

It’s based on the names of the presenters and announcers at Skepticon.

Enjoy!

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November 30, 2019

Puzzles for December

For the month of December 2019 at the top of the PUZZLES PAGE we’ve placed seven new Picture Puzzles, a set of Mixed Bag questions, a crossword themed to General Skeptical Issues and a set of Logic Problems with solutions. In other words, business as usual. Enjoy!

Archived puzzles:

https://skeptics.cafe/puzzles/puzzles-archives/

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November 28, 2019

Vic Skeptics Trivia Night

It’s the Unconventional Trivia Night.

Why unconventional? We’re glad you asked. It’s on Thursday 5th December. Skepticon doesn’t start until Friday 6th; and you don’t have to be going to Skepticon to come. It WILL cost you fifteen of your hard-earned dollars, however. You don’t have to be a nerd either, although that would certainly be no disadvantage.

It’s our Fifteenth Annual Vic Skeptics Trivia Night, and this year we’re hoping to get it right.

At this stage we’d usually say something about lots of fun, great prizes, bring a team or come by yourself etc, etc, but we’ve said all that fourteen times already, and some things just never change.

Thursday 5th December, 7:15 pm (or join us earlier for a meal), at The Clyde Hotel cnr Elgin & Cardigan Streets Carlton. (For those attending Skepticon, that’s near Carrillo Gantner Theatre, one stop away on the same tram line.)

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October 31, 2019

Puzzles for November 2019

This month the theme of the crossword is Cults & Sects..

Fresh Picture Puzzles,  “Mixed Bag” questions and Logic and Maths Puzzles are at the top of the PUZZLES PAGE.
 
 
 
 
 
Older Puzzles:

https://skeptics.cafe/puzzles/puzzles-archives/

Enjoy!

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September 30, 2019

Puzzles for October 2019

This October we continue the theme of Logical Fallacies for the monthly crossword, with Logical Fallacies #7.

Here are the links to our previous Logical Fallacies Crosswords.

23 Crossword July 2012 Logical Fallacies 1

37 Crossword September2013 Logical Fallacies 2  (with both standard and cryptic sets of clues)

38 Crossword October 2013 (logical fallacies 3) (with both standard and cryptic sets of clues)

54 Crossword February 2015 logical fallacies 4 (with both standard and cryptic sets of clues)

74 Crossword October 2016 Logical Fallacies 5 (with both standard and cryptic sets of clues)

109 September 2019 Crossword Logical Fallacies 6

with the usual Picture Puzzles,  “Mixed Bag” questions and Logic and Maths Puzzles at the top of the PUZZLES PAGE.

Older Puzzles:

https://skeptics.cafe/puzzles/puzzles-archives/

Enjoy!

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