by Don Chinnici | Jul 21, 2017
Revealing Archimedes Lost Codex Think About It Why and how does Noel say that ancient texts survived? What do you think will make contemporary text survive (if you think it will)? Noel describes how we know about Archimedes from three books, called A, B, and C, two of...
by Don Chinnici | Jul 21, 2017
Don’t Eat the Marshmallows; How Four-year-old Behavior Can Predict Future Success Think About It Motivational Speaker Joachim de Posada shares the basic principles of a study done by American psychologist Walter Mischel involving 4-year-olds and marshmallows....
by Don Chinnici | Jul 21, 2017
Inside Out Fun INSIDE OUT FUN! Download the PDF version of this activity plan. INTRODUCTION The simplest things can often be the most entertaining, and using things for uncommon uses other lends excitement to the activity. If you have children (or adults) looking...
by Don Chinnici | Jul 21, 2017
The Power of Classical Music Think About It Zander begins the talk by sharing the story of the two shoe salesmen in Africa. Describe something in today’s world that one person might see as a glorious opportunity that someone else perceives as a hopeless...
by Don Chinnici | Jul 21, 2017
A Year of Living Poetically Mensa for kids waxes — well, poetic, about the extraordinary lifetime value of memorizing poetry — a skill that was more routine in times past. This quote from Michael Knox Beran: “Memorizing poetry turns on kids’...
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