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Expand your mind, discover new mysteries and stump your friends in our new Brain Teasers Discovery Center. 

Beginning in October, visit the Discovery Center in the Children’s & Parents’ Services Department to solve puzzles, check out interesting trivia, and tease your brain with other exciting games! 

Web sites

http://www.brainbashers.com
Come explore BrainBashers and try some puzzles, games and optical illusions. Click on puzzles and test yourself on some mind games. 

http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com
Play games, solve puzzles, read jokes and more!  You can even submit your own jokes and puzzles. 

http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/
Each week new brain teasers will be available along with the answers to last week’s puzzles.  Be sure to check out the archives for a list of all the previous brain teasers.

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/braint.htm
Learn all about your brain and then put it to work solving these puzzles, riddles and other brain teasers. 

http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/f_exhibits.html
These interactive optical illusions are fun for everyone!

http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html
Play to learn! Your kids can now play FunBrain games offline! Download the newest edition of "Math Baseball" - or watch your kids soar with "Planet Zug," the popular grade-by-grade vocabulary builder. All offline - no advertising and no distractions!

http://www.braingle.com/
Brain teasers, riddles and puzzles galore!  This site allows users to rank their favorite puzzles.

http://www.brainteaser-world.com/
Expect lots of brain teasers, optical illusions, riddles and magic tricks from Brain Teasers World.

http://www.scholastic.com/ispy/play/
Are you a fan of I SPY books?  This website features I Spy puzzles, downloads and even has an episode guide to let you know when I Spy is on TV.

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/illusion/illusions.htm
Over 22 crazy optical illusions are available on this site. 

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/trythis/tryoptical5.html
Check out these optical illusion experiments on National Geographic Kids.

 Activities

Click on any of the images below to view or print cool puzzles provided by Squigly’s Playhouse.  All the images are used with permission from www.squiglysplayhouse.com 

Code Breaker
 
Special Message
 
Birthdays
 
Animal Framework
 
Umbrella
 
Stars Sports Animals

 To view more puzzles, please visit www.squiglysplayhouse.com

*Answers

Non-Fiction

Dispezio,Michael A.
Optical Illusion Magic
J 152.148 Dispezio


Wick, Walterer
Can You See What I See?
J 793.73 Wickck


Madgwick, Wendy Citymaze: A Collection of Amazing City Mazes
J 793.73 3 3 Wadgwick


Seckel,Al
The Great Book of Optical Illusions
J 152.14 Seckel


Rotner, Shelley and Olivo, Richard
Close, Closer, Closest
J 152.142 2 Rotner

DiSpezio, Michael A.
Simple Optical Illusion Experiments with Everyday Materials
J 152.148 DiSpezio


Marzollo, Jean
I Spy: Funny Teeth
J 793.73 Marzollo

Munro, Roxie
Mazescapes
J 793.738 Munro

Slocum, Jerry &   Botermans, Jacob
Tricky Optical Illusion Puzzles
J 793.73 Slocumum

Summersrs, George J.
The Great Book of Mind Teasers & Mind Puzzles
J793.73 Summers


Heimann, Rolf
Picture Puzzle Mysteries: Whodunits You Can See
J 793.73 Heimann

Wacky Words
J 793.734 Wackyky


Tricky Twisters

J793.74 Tricky

Wyler, Rose and Elting, Mary
Math Fun with Tricky Lines and Shapes
J 793.74 Wyler

Vecchione, Glen
Math Challenges: puzzles, tricks & games
J 793.74 Vecchion

Fixx, James F.
Solve it! A perplexing profusion of puzzles
J 793.73 3 Fixx

CD-ROMS

Anno’s Learning Games
CDR J 793.74 Anno’s

Curious George Downtown Adventure
CDR PB Rey

I Spy Fantasy
CDR J 793.73 I SPYPY

I Spy Treasure Hunt
CDR J 793.73 I

Puzzle Master 2
CDR J 793.73 Puzzle

Safecracker
CDR J 793.73 Safecracker

Crossword studio
CDR J 793.732 Crossword

 


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