Critical Thinking

**You get to school and realize you forgot your lunch at home. You take a test and you can't remember half the answers. You see the new kid who just joined your class, and you can't remember his name. Some days, it seems like your brain is taking a holiday--you can't remember anything!

Here are some activities to test your memory -- and some things you can try to help you remember things better.

**What happens to serious writing in an age when there are fewer literary magazines, fewer book reviews, and no pay for reviewers? Essayist Sven Birkerts talks about the changing economics of writing and publishing, working in a bookstore, reading online, and the value of unread books. The Morning News: A Conversation with Sven Birkerts - Robert Birnbaum (Reading / Critical Thinking)

**You are an alien taxonomist! You must give these aliens a scientific name, according to their Kingdom, Phylum, Genus, and Species. Show the structure of the Kingdom by creating a chart. Click this link to start classifying the aliens on Bizarro-World!

**You are invited to challenge your mind against some of IBM's best researchers! Do you want to take a crack at solving some interesting word problems? Check out these monthly brain bogglers to test your math skills. Can you beat the minds at IBM?