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Braingle

Braingle: Logic Brain Teasers

For Students 9th - 10th
Think logically as your solve the brain teasers provided on this page. Test your own logic skills with the puzzles that you can sort by popularity and difficulty, and test others' logic skills by submitting your own puzzles.
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Iowa State University

Math Night Resources: Pencil and Paper Games

For Students 3rd - 8th
Play these pencil and paper games to engage learners in critical thinking and reasoning. Written directions are provided along with colorful animation to explain in detail how each game is played and possible strategies needed to win.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Seating Arrangements Plus!

For Students 3rd - 8th
Using your reasoning skills and the clues provided, try to figure out who is sitting where at this table of six. Check the solution and see if you are correct. You can choose similar games and math problems on this page, or choose math...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Odd Squad: Which Agent Are You?

For Students K - 1st
This quiz from Odd Squad will teach your child algebraic thinking by using their deductive reasoning skills. Children can take the Odd Squad Quiz and find out if they are more like Agent Olive or Agent Otto? Or maybe they're like Ms. O....
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Critical Reading: Logic and Structure

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on structure and logic including types and purposes of essays, organizational patterns, argumentative writing, and logic and fallacies.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Vectors and Scalars Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
This study resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for the MCAT. "Vectors and scalar" questions are provided on this resource.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Primordial and Complex Jealousy

For Students 9th - 10th
Read and analyze the passage "Primordial and Complex Jealousy" and complete the related six-question quiz.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Math Maven's Mysteries: Mystery at the Third Strike Sports Store

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Solve a mystery using your reasoning skills. At this site use all the clues and figure out the winner of the Third Strike Contest.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Brain Boosters

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Discovery School offers a terrific "categorized archive of challenging Brain Boosters." Choose from hundreds of engaging activities pertaining to Categorization, Lateral Thinking, Reasoning, Logic, Word and Letter Play, Spatial...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Critical Reading as a Learning Strategy

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on critical reading using a downloadable PowerPoint presentation, "Critical Reading 101," which includes separating fact from opinion, 6 propaganda techniques, and 6 common fallacies in reasoning. Also provided is...
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Other

Responsible Thinking: Analyzing Arguments and Evidence

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Contains many points to consider when analyzing someone's arguments and evidence, such as the hidden assumptions, cultural assumptions, and testability. Each is explained in a short paragraph with a link to additional discussions on...
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Biology: The Science of Biology

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the concept of scientific reasoning, and compare and contrast hypothesis and theories while understanding the difference between deductive and inductive thinking.
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Other

Harvard University: Project Zero: Visible Thinking

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn about the key elements and practices of visible thinking, a mode of inquiry that develops students' thinking skills by encouraging them to be active processors. Includes a lot of advice about the kinds of small changes that...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Think Math

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Think Math offers a collection of 43 KET-produced resources from Math at the Core: Middle School, including 17 Scale City videos and interactives about proportional reasoning, 14 Wild Fractions animations and games that feature visual...
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Sugar, Sugar Logic Game

For Students 3rd - 5th
Practice your strategic thinking skills with this game.
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PBS

Pbs Mathline: Bead Dazzling (Proportional Reasoning) [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A comprehensive lesson on algebraic thinking where students create and identify patterns using proportional reasoning. Research based, this lesson includes technology connections, items for discussion, and extension activities.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Separates Science From Art?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Practice critical analysis and reasoning skills with this reading excerpt from the MCAT.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Vcr

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource presents an interesting challenge for the serious mathematician with strong reasoning skills. Explore proportional reasoning, probabilities, fractions, and ratios in this challenge to figure out if you always get six hours...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Thirteen? Oh No! (Pdf)

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
If you're superstitious you may want to try this math challenge. Test your reasoning and number sense skills by finding out if there is a Friday the 13th every year. Discover how understanding number patterns and reasoning can be helpful...
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Light on 2

For Students 3rd - 6th
Who turned off the lights? Well, we'll need your help turning them back on. Use logic and reasoning to light up the rooms with the different tools provided. Are you bright enough to complete this challenging puzzle game?
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Math Slice

Math Slice: Smart Guess Game

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Can you guess the correct number between 1 and 99 in less than 30 tries? Play this fast paced, interactive game that tests your number sense and reasoning skills. If your are a great guesser, your name will be posted.
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Negation: Not

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this website to help you hone your critical thinking and math-problem solving skills. Learn what "Negation," is and how it applies when you are working on mathematical problems and sentences.
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University of California

Ucmp: Understanding Science: Tennis Shoe Detectives

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A lesson where students take copies of their shoe prints, then create a story and illustrate it with pictures showing trails of footprints. Presented are samples of such trails that can be used to stimulate class discussion, and to...
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Other

Basket Math Interactive

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore more than twenty math concepts such a perimeter, rounding, exponents, decimals, sign numbers, and more using this interactive basketball game. A Spanish version is also offered. Students results are tabulated daily.