Googolplex

Tip #3: Know What’s Coming

Take a look at the upcoming topics to be featured in Googolplex. Add this page to your "favorites," and check it out on a regular basis for new information on upcoming content. Also watch for the newsletter article e-mailed each month to your credit union, which promotes the next month’s topics.

The following is our publishing plan. Sometimes an activity or topic does not adapt to the web as well as we would like, and we occasionally substitute a different activity or topic. Note: We update this section every month.

February, March, and April 2012
(Updated January 23rd, 2012)

C-Note Instant Poll Questions

February 1, 2012
In which season do you spend the most money?

  1. Fall—new school year, new supplies and clothes
  2. Winter—many Christmas presents to buy
  3. Spring—out with the old and in with the new
  4. Summer—swim gear and vacation souvenirs
  5. I use my money when I please.

March 1, 2012
How much money do you save at a time?

  1. I don’t save any money.
  2. $1 to $9
  3. $10 to $24
  4. $25 to $49
  5. $50 and up

April 1, 2012
Will you purchase a new computer for college?

  1. Yes, a desktop
  2. Yes, a laptop
  3. Yes, a notebook or netbook
  4. No, I already have a computer
  5. No, I’ll use the school’s computer labs


5-Spot activities

Sonic Math
Are your math skills built for speed? Sonic Math hurls math equations at you for you to answer as fast as you can. So get busy—race the clock!

Chatterbox
Meet Chatterbox—the world’s only talking mime! Chatterbox and his friend will keep quiet as you attempt a difficult trivia quiz, but they’ll still help in their own way. Who says mime doesn’t pay?

Flip
These coins have more than enough heads and tails. Connect 10 tops to 10 bottoms, before you flip out. Try the bonus X-Ray level...no glasses required!

5-Spot stories

Gardening: It's Worth the Effort
In this three-part series on why, how, and wow! Maddy, 13, shares with us her secrets to getting the most out of dirt.

Gardening: Make Your Own
"If I could choose the shape of my garden, I would make it a map of the United States. Then, I could say that I'm planting peas in Florida!" says Maddy, in part 2 of this three-part series on gardening.

Cartoons Tell Credit Union Story
Learn how a man came to America from Austria more than 100 years ago. He became famous for his cartoons that spread the news about credit unions.

AJ's activities

Get It for Granny
Granny just sent you to her labyrinth of a cellar to retrieve a thing or two. Before you can get it, you must navigate her cellar—it's not your typical maze, but Granny’s cellar is anything but typical.

rps, omg!
These are modern times. Are you still playing Rock, Paper, Scissors with your hands? Get with it, and try this online version of Cover - Cut - Smash!

Seeing Stars
On a clear night look up into the sky and you’ll see stars. Early astronomers saw much more. Can you see what they saw by connecting stars to form famous constellations?

AJ's stories

Skateboarding for Life
Whether or not you dream of competing professionally in the world of skateboarding, Adam tells you how to skateboard for life.

Money Like History
Find out why the portraits on our bills are pretty much the same designs as 75 years ago.

The Cartoon Crusade
Learn how an immigrant from Austria became famous in America for his cartoons that spread the news about credit unions.

C-Note activities

Three of a Kind
Caution: You are about to pass through a vocabulary vortex into a world where all you get is a set of three words that don’t really go together...unless you can discover a fourth dimension that connects with each.

It Came From the Classroom
Students aren’t the only ones who get tired in class. Before the days of Blu-Ray or even video, your parents and grandparents had to sit through some of the strangest educational films ever made. You tell us...is this movie for real?

Tax Collector
Why should accountants have all the fun? In this quiz on the American tax system, start with $100,000, answer a strange question, wager a little, get it right, and double your money. Get it wrong and Uncle Sam will take what you owe, and maybe even a little more.

C-Note stories

Travel on the Cheap: A European Adventure
Kelsey shares what she learned about traveling on the cheap while planning, organizing, and traveling in Europe for three weeks with two friends. “It was the trip of a lifetime!” she says.

Comics Make a Good Living
"In comics," says author Mike Baron, "you can make a good living as a freelancer. You choose your own hours, you live wherever you want, and you are free to let your artistic vision soar." You also have responsibilities...

Who Owns Your Credit Union?
Banks and credit unions offer similar services, but your credit union is totally different in the way that it's organized and how it operates. It starts with who gets the profits...

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