June 2014 Skeptical Crossword – Solution
June 2014 Logic and Maths Problems – Solutions
1. 17 and 7 years old
2. a. yes b. no c. yes d. yes
3. Less
4. a. 20 cubes b. 56 cubes
5. – 40 degrees
6. 5 ways (as shown)
7. 11 people
8. Seven of these and six of those
9. 86
10. 13 Red 3 yellow 3 brown 3 blue 4 pink
National Curriculum, Gonski and Education for All
by Don Hyatt
The National Curriculum 2008
The current National Curriculum was initiated by the Rudd government in 2008. The task of development and implementation was given to the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), an independent, non-political body, and agreed by the Ministers of Education in all states and territories in 2009. It was framed around the Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians (MCEETYA, December 2008) and the implementation was to be consultative and phased in over a several years in 3 phases. The National Curriculum frames the school curriculum from Foundation (= Prep) to Year 12 (F-12).
The construction of the curriculum was in four steps: View More National Curriculum, Gonski and Education for All
June Puzzles
June’s Picture Puzzles and “Mixed Bag” Questions occupy pride of place at the top of our PUZZLES PAGE
If you believe our pollies, Australia is the most profligate nation on Earth, while still managing to retain a Triple-A Credit Rating. To celebrate this remarkable feat, our JUNE SKEPTICAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE has Finance and Economics as its theme.
There are ten new LOGIC & MATHS PROBLEMS
Enjoy!
Video – Professor Peter Doherty
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The Vic Skeptics were honoured to have Professor Peter Doherty, scientist, author and Nobel prize winner deliver a talk at one of our regular ‘Third Monday’ events. Peter Doherty spoke on Skepticism, Denial and Ignorance: There is a Difference in March 2013. I should, of course, extend a kind thanks to Adam Ford for producing the video and allowing it to be posted here. View More Video – Professor Peter Doherty
“Mixed Bag” Questions June 2014 – Answers
1. a. 12 Days of Christmas; b. 1 or 2 Humps on a Camel; c. 15 Players in a Rugby Union Team
2. The Internet
3. Brands of cricket ball most used in international and first class matches
4. Beer
5. Montezuma (Moctezuma)
6. (d) Her actual marital status in the TV series was never specified.
7. Chad, France, Greece, Spain, (Wales and Laos could be accepted)
8. B. The Foxwoods casino in Connecticut is run by the Pequot tribe
9. True
10. Perth (just)
HARDER:
11. Both assumed the identity of Robin (the Boy Wonder) after Dick Grayson left the Batman & Robin team
12. Caerleon in Wales, Chester in England
13. Cope & Marsh
14. The Three Wise Monkeys
15. The Farmer’s Daughter
16. Rum & Coca Cola
17. TV technical pioneer, including inventing USA’s first TV picture tube
18. Automated Teller Machine (ATM)
19. Post-It notes
20. Church
JULY 2014 Picture Puzzles – Answers
1. Light Beer
2. Nightmare
3. Interconnected
4. Inebriated
5. For Once In My Life
6. Independence
7. Feline
June 2014 Picture Puzzles – Answers
1. Start Me Up
2. Running Bear
3. Sentry Duty
4. Return to sender
5. Pool Table
6. pantry
7. M & Ms
May Puzzles
There are seven new Picture Puzzles and twenty “Mixed Bag” Questions at the top of the PUZZLES PAGE. You might like to use the Mixed Bag Questions as practice for the Tenth Annual Vic Skeptics Trivia Extravaganza on May 19. (See the EVENTS PAGE for further details)
To mark the NHMRC’s recent demolition of Homeopathy as a serious medical system, this month’s
MAY 2014 Skeptical Crossword has Homeopathy as its theme.It’s necessarily a smaller crossword than usual – but it still comes with both “straight” and cryptic clues.
To stretch your brain just that bit more, try the
MAY 2014 Logic & Maths Puzzles
ENJOY!