About WA
Skeptics

Contact and Meeting Details Every two months in Shenton Park 5g 4m
Go with Australian Skeptics Magazine, philosophy, $100,000 prize 3g 3m
History of WA Skeptics Illustrated highlights 1980-1995 7g 6m
Late News Our challenge to site deniers 1g 1m

Classroom
Resources

At last! Good news for teachers at secondary schools 3g 2m
Books and Magazines For students critical of the paranormal 10g 6m
Crash Course in Critical Thinking Just ask the right questions 4g 7m
Links Skeptic websites useful for secondary students 15m
Printing and Translating Articles from this website. Helpful hints 1m

Investi
gations
by WA
Skeptics
Highlights
since 1980

Attempts on the $A100,000 Prize 1995+. None successful 2g 5m
Before WA Skeptics Began 1980. This Perth group was active 1g 3m
Chariots Old Hat in New Age 1989. Von Daniken self-destructs 2g 7m
Chocolate 1998. The news you wanted to hear 6m
Contacting the Dead 1984. We check out a famous psychic 5m
Divining for Brass and Gold 1980. A test of 26 diviners 6m
Enough to Make a Statue Weep 2002. But not genuine tears 10m
Has Wine a Magnetic Personality? 2006. Our test says no 3g 8m
Paranormal Beliefs of Trainee Teachers 1987. Mostly bad news 6m
Psychic Surgery 1983. Believers wowed by fake demo 1g 3m
Rendezvous with a UFOlogist 1995. What we saw weren't UFOs 5m
Star Wars 2004. Astrologers react to inconvenient truths 2g 7m
Worlds Apart 1999. We see how believers differ from scientists 1g 2m

Skeptical
Articles for
Secondary
Schools
A diverse
worldwide
selection to
encourage
critical
thinking

A Day at the Psychic Fair 2006. The high cost of true belief 2g 4m
Atlantis Falcon 1989. By Raymond Channeller. It's fiction, babe 10m
Cereal Killers 2002. Going round in circles for fun and profit 2g 4m
Cold Reading 2000. James Randi on how psychics appear psychic 1g 4m
Critical Thinking 2006. Making it popular at university 5m
Divining for Water 1984. A survey of field tests worldwide 4g 10m
Gerin Oil 2003. A timely warning from Richard Dawkins 4m
Haricotes Flambes en Chien 1999. Don't try this at home 1m
I Can Smell Onions 2006. Psychic detectives at work 5m
I was a High-School Skeptic 2006. Encounters with strange beliefs 6m
Karma, Dharma, Pudding and Pie 1998. Poems for pagan skeptics 1m
Million Dollar Prize 2005. James Randi on those who try for it 1g 20m
Oxygen is Good 2004. Even when it's not there 10m
Planting by the Moon 2005. Explaining a persistent myth 1g 8m
Psychic for a Day 1998. After 24h Kari Coleman was able to deceive 12m
Psychic for a Day 2003. How Michael Shermer did it on national TV 20m
Red Alert The terrible secrets of carrots, bread, dihydrogen monoxide 2m
Scourge of the Godmen 1993. One man's fight against deception 1g 5m
Teaching Pigs to Sing 2006. I tried to bring sense to believers 1g 12m
Things You Won't Believe 1998. And some things you will believe 2m
True Confessions 2003. Testing sun signs ruined my love life 1g 1m
Undeceiving Ourselves 2007. How our thinking goes astray 6g 15m

WA
Skeptics
Awards
for Young
Critical
Writers

WA Skeptics Awards for writing critically on any curious belief 5g 4m
Critical Thinking in the Classroom How the Awards have helped 5g 5m
How to Write Your Entry A complete classroom guide. Entry is free 1g 10m
Sixteen Examples of Entries See what others did 25m
2006 Results With pictures and student comments. Inspiring stuff 6g 3m
2007 Results Twice the entries of 2006. All to a high standard 2g 4m
2008 Results Young critical writers widen their horizons 2g 4m
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