Deep Thinking Friday, 12/21

Use your powers for good, young ones, and have a great Break!

National History Day, 2019

Sources to help you with your History Day research and topic choice:

https://www.docsteach.org/topics/nhd

https://www.nhd.org/students

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/usingprimarysources/finding.html

https://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/History_of_the_United_Kingdom:_Primary_Documents

http://www.shsulibraryguides.org/worldprimary

http://guides.library.duke.edu/c.php?g=289297&p=1929346

https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog

https://www.nhd.org/sites/default/files/2019%20NHD%20Theme%20Book.pdf

https://www.nhd.org/sites/default/files/2019ThemeNarrative.pdf

Deep Thinking Friday 12/14

A few TedEd talks to blow your mind for Deep Thinking Friday:

Are you a body with a mind or a mind with a body?

Does time exist?

Would you sacrifice one person to save five?

How do you know you exist?

What is the universe expanding into?

And just for fun...

A brie(f) history of cheese

Deep Thinking Friday, 12/7

More puzzlements from Ian Byrd...

WHAT DO YOU NOTICE?  WHAT DO YOU WONDER?

Stop-motion in ancient Chinese paintings

Stop motion set inside four Chinese paintings, directed by Annlin Chao. Really cool combination of art techniques and (yay!) a behind-the-scenes video.

Earth Puzzle

Here’s a puzzle of the earth that has no end, no up or down, and no fixed shape! Scroll down for a great write about how it all works. Via Kottke.org

Puzzle Montage

This is a hall of fame Puzzlement! 🥇 Jigsaw puzzle makers often use the same pattern for pieces and just print different pictures onto the puzzles. Tim Klein combines these puzzles to create ridiculously funny images.

Storm Video

Incredible footage of storms from Mike Olbinski, created by driving 15,000 miles in Arizona over 32 days. This is his fifth Monsoon video. (Original YouTube link)

Surreal Imagery

This one's hard to describe. Russian Artist Vladimir Tomin creates some fantastically surreal video clips. My favorite is the bus stop sign around 1:10. Via Colossal