Happy ‘Safeer’s Palindrome Day’!

Posted April 27, 2024

Why is today (April 27) a ‘palindrome day’?      

First Day of Spring Logical Thinking Puzzles

Posted March 20, 2024

Here’s a springtime riddle: I start spring and end winter’s snows. I end dark nights and bring sunrise. I start smiles, put an end to woes, And I’m part of your start to surmise, So what am I? Answer in the comments. Now, try this Logic Puzzle, called ‘Cats in Spring‘.      

Quiz: International Women’s Day

Posted March 8, 2024

Every year on March 8, International Women’s Day is celebrated around the globe. In some regions, women and men participate in rallies highlighting social and political inequality. In other countries, men honour the women in their lives with tokens of appreciation. This year, the theme is “A promise is a promise: Time for action to […]

Interactive 2024 Eclipse Simulator

Posted March 1, 2024

Check out THIS ECLIPSE SIMULATOR! Type the name of a city in the ‘City Search’ box.  (See above.) Then click the link to open the 2024 Eclipse Simulator. (Try a city or a location that is within the darkened path of the ‘full eclipse’ for the most interesting results.)      

Pink Shirt Day

Posted February 26, 2024

“In Nova Scotia in 2007, David Shepherd, Travis Price and their teenage friends organized a high-school protest to wear pink in sympathy with a Grade 9 boy who was being bullied [for wearing a pink shirt]… [They] took a stand against bullying when they protested against the harassment of a new Grade 9 student by […]

Year-End News Quiz – Globe and Mail

Posted January 6, 2024

  Try THIS QUIZ and tell us how you did in the comments.      

Quiz: Weekly Current Events – Dec. 1, 2023

Posted December 7, 2023

Puppets, politicians and a queen’s property: It’s the weekly news quiz from National Public Radio in the US.    

Quiz: New York Times – Dec. 5, 2023

Posted December 7, 2023

Here are 10 questions about current events from the New York Times Student News Quiz. How many can you answer correctly?  

October Philosophy Thinking

Posted October 5, 2023

September Space Thinking – James Webb Telescope

Posted September 5, 2023

The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called JWST or Webb) is an orbiting infrared observatory that will complement and extend the discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope, with longer wavelength coverage and greatly improved sensitivity. The longer wavelengths enable Webb to look much closer to the beginning of time and to hunt for the unobserved […]

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