We’ve got one last Language Fun game for you to try!

Answer a couple of quick personality questions and we’ll tell you if you’ve got what it takes to be a scientist yourself. Are you a Super Scientist, or maybe just a Sort-of-Scientist?

Take our quiz and find out: click here to play!

How did it go? What ranking did you get? Tell us in the comments!

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Who do you sound like?

There’s all kinds of variation in the way people talk, which can be influenced by all kinds of things, too. Our personalities, identities, and origins all have a part to play in our unique versions of our languages. How do different people speak English in the United States, and can we decide where people are from based on their dialect?

Can we guess where you’re from? Or if you don’t live in the U.S., where would you live based on the words you use? Click here to find out!

Did we get it right? What do you think about the different words we might use? Tell us about it in the comments!

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Want to trick your brain?

You probably don’t think about the fact that you’re reading whenever you see text, but somehow you can still remember what you saw after driving by a billboard on the highway or after you glance at a sign somewhere. How does reading work like that? This week, we’ve got a quick version of the Language Pod’s most popular demo, which shows off the Stroop Effect.

Give the game a shot and see you how do! Click here to give it a try.

How did you do? Tell us how it went in the comments! Have your family and friends try it, too, and see who can do the task the easiest/fastest. What might that mean about reading and our brains?

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There are all kinds of different ways that languages can be written!

We have an alphabet in English (which you’re using to read right now!), but have you ever heard of or seen hieroglyphs? Ancient Egypt has perhaps the most famous example of this, but they aren’t the only ones.

Want to learn how to read a Mayan Hieroglyph? Now’s your chance with this week’s Language Fun game!

What did you think? Tell us about how it went in the comments! Did you follow the links at the end to try to learn more?

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Have you ever heard of an affix before?

Affixes are small bits of meaning that are an important part of how words are made! Prefixes are a type of affix and can turn somebody who is ‘likeable’ into someone much less pleasant to be around: ‘unlikeable’. Suffixes are another kind of affix, which might help an adjective like ‘sad’ describe other words as an adverb: ‘sadly‘.

Can you find the affixes? Try our ‘Root Out the Word’ game!

How did it go? Do you have any favorite roots or affixes? Tell us about it in the comments!

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There are so many different languages spoken and signed around the world!

There are around 7,000 languages, though that number varies a bit depending on who you ask and how we define a language. How well do you think you can identify some of the more populous tongues?

Find out with this week’s game: click here to play!

How many did you get right? Were you surprised by any? Tell us about it in the comments!

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Not all languages use spoken words!

Sign languages all around the world are used by people to communicate without verbal speech. But how can they pack so much information into just hand shapes and movements? What makes up a sign, and can we tell what it is just by looking at it?

Find out with this week’s game! Click here to try it out.

How did it go? Tell us how you did in the comments! Do you know anything else cool about sign languages that you want to share?

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How do scientists come up with the really complicated names that dinosaurs have?

Tyrannosaurus Rex. Triceratops. Velociraptor. Someone had to decide what to call them! But why does each dinosaur have the name that they have?

Find out in our Dinosaur Name game! Click here to test your knowledge.

How many did you get right? Tell us about how it went in the comments! Was it easy or hard? What would you name a dinosaur?

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Have you ever been surprised at how words can sound really different compared to the way they’re spelled?

Sometimes we can sound out a word we don’t know and say it just fine, but sometimes we guess totally wrong! Sounds in words and the way we spell them don’t always match up how we might expect them to. Why do you think that is?

Explore more about language sounds and spelling with our ‘ghoti’ game here!

Leave us a comment and tell us how you did or what you learned! What did you think ‘ghoti’ sounded like before we told you? Can you think of any cool words with unexpected spellings or pronunciations?

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Language is changing all the time!

‘Kids these days’ are often given the blame for making up new words that can be confusing if you don’t know them. But some words that you might think are pretty new have been around for a long time!

Find out about some really cool examples of this with our quick quiz here!

Leave us a comment and tell us how you did or what you learned! Are there any words you were surprised about? Can you think of a time you heard some kind of new word and had no idea what it meant?

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