:: e-Learning for Kids :: Sharp Brains Here you can enjoy the Top 25 Brain Teasers, Games & Illusions that SharpBrains readers (primarily adults, but some younger minds too) have enjoyed the most. It is always good to learn more about our brains and to exercise them!. Fun experiments on how our brains and minds work 1. 2. 3. 4. Challenge your attention and memory 5. 6. 7. Optical illusions 8. 9. 10. 11. Language and logic puzzles 12. 13. 14. 15. A few visual workouts 16. 17. 18. Teasing your pattern recognition and thinking 19. 20. 21. 22. Brain teasers for job interviews 23. 24. 25.
Beestar.org - Math and Reading for Kids 20 Indispensable Browser Based Apps Design Informer When to use i.e. in a sentence The 5 Things I’d Tell My 21 Year Old Entrepreneurial Self | JonBischke.com 12 years ago I set out on my first foray into the world of entrepreneurship. The company was called MCSETutor.com (we later changed the name to the equally obtuse 2000Tutor.com) and while it wasn’t a huge success by dot com era standards we did sell it for a tidy profit. But looking back I’m shocked at how little I knew about entrepreneurship. As I’m sure any entrepreneur would love to do, I’d give anything to step back in time 12 years and have a chat with my 21 year old self. #1 – Take as much risk as you can as early in life as you can. I’m not talking stupid risks. #2 – Nail the fundamentals. Take some of that time and use it to build skills that will make you more effective and productive the rest of your life. #3 – Surround yourself with people who expect you to succeed in a big way. “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” “The quality of your life is a direct reflection of the expectations of your peer group” -Tony Robbins I’m lucky. Fantastic.
Numbers and Numerals Summary Numbers and Numerals Numbers and numerals are closely connected, but distinct, concepts. Numerals represent and symbolize numbers. Numbers themselves are abstract concepts that may or may not correlate to phenomena in the physical world. Numerals are any symbols used to denote a number. Jung Personality Test A good and stable relationship between partners is conducive to a happy marriage, and we often don't know what the underlying cause of our conflicts is. The ability to assess the likelihood of a healthy long term relationship is one of the main challenges in dating and matchmaking. Jung Marriage Test™ addresses this challenge. Extraversion - Introversion Sensing - Intuition Thinking - Feeling And the fourth criterion added by Isabel Briggs Myers *: Judging-Perceiving The different combinations of these four criteria define sixteen possible personality types. ENFP - Extravert iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving Once you know the type formula and strengths of the preferences of both partners (or prospective partners), it is possible to calculate the index of compatibility (MatchIndex) between the partners. A high MatchIndex ensures a good and stable long-term relationship.
Classroom Activities : Number and Operations - 100 or Bust - Texas Instruments Activity Overview Students explore the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers and integers. Before the Activity See the attached PDF file for detailed instructions for this activityPrint student activity sheet on page 4 from the attached PDF file for your class During the Activity Distribute the page to the class. Follow the activity procedures: 100 or Bust: Use estimation, place-value materials, and the calculator to place seven randomly generated digits on a chart in either the ones or tens column to make a sum close to 100 as possible without going over 100 After the Activity Review student resultsAs a class, discuss questions that appeared to be more challengingRe-teach concepts as necessary
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