Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Using Logical Reasoning to Prove Statements Are True

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given statements about a geometric relationship, the student will distinguish between the undefined terms, definitions, postulates, conjectures, and theorems to prove the statements are true.
Lesson Plan
Google

Google for Education: Solving a Guessing Game With Data

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
In this exercise students play a guessing game trying to guess what an object is. They use logical reasoning and learn about the need for efficient searching by analyzing the questions and responses to reduce the steps necessary to guess...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Logic Ladder App

For Teachers 9th - 10th
As students work with two great activities - Factor and Classic, they learn how to use logic and reasoning skills.
Lesson Plan
PBS

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

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A comprehensive instructional activity on algebraic thinking where students create and identify patterns using proportional reasoning. Research based, this instructional activity includes technology connections, items for discussion, and...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Deductive Reasoning

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students use deductive reasoning to solve problems. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Logical Leaps: Fractions, Mixed Numbers, and Decimals on the Number Line

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In this interactive, students use logic to solve three riddles involving a frog jumping contest and then place the contestants' jumps at the correct points on the number line. Numbers are randomized so that the frogs' placements on the...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Logical Leaps: Rational Numbers on the Number Line

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In this interactive, use logic to solve riddles involving a wallaby jumping contest. Then, place each contestant's jump -- a fraction, mixed number, or decimal between -5 and +5 -- at the correct point on the number line. Backward jumps...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Logical Leaps: Fractions and Decimals From 0 to 1 on the Vertical Number Line

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In this interactive, use logic to solve riddles involving a flea-jumping contest. Place each contestant's jump, represented by either a fraction or a decimal in both feet and inches, at the correct point on the vertical number line....
Activity
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.
Study Guide
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Identify the Principle Quick Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for the LSAT. This section provides a quick guide about "how to identify the principle" in the passage's argument or situation. This strategy will be used in the "Logical...
Study Guide
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Identify the Principle Learn More

For Students 9th - 10th
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for the LSAT. This section explains "how to identify the principle" in the passage's argument or situation. This strategy will be used in the "Logical Reasoning" section.
Activity
Maths Challenge

Maths challenge.net: Right Angle Reasoning

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A geometry problem for students to use their mathematical reasoning skills to explain a right triangle property.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Geo Logic: How Much of the State Is Wet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using investigation and inquiry skills, students match classmates with their home state, and their states with the area and percentage of area of surface water that they contain, as well as where each of the states rank nationally in...
Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Logical Appeals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on using logical appeals in persuasive speeches including inductive and deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning and associative reasoning, forming a rational appeal, and errors in reasoning-formal and informal.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Differentiate Among Empirical, Anecdotal, and Logical Evidence

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will learn about three types of evidence that writers often rely on: logical, empirical, and anecdotal. It will also help you distinguish among these...
Activity
Other

U. Of Rhode Island: Media Education Lab: Document the Fair Use Reasoning Process

For Students 9th - 10th
When using copyrighted materials as part of the creative production process, you can document your own (or your students') fair-use reasoning process using this Google form. It's a tool to strengthen your critical thinking and reasoning...
Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Logic in Argumentative Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation and examples of several different types of logic that can be used in argumentative writing.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Logical Leaps: Rational Numbers on the Number Line

For Students 6th - 8th
In this interactive, use logic to solve riddles involving a wallaby jumping contest.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Logical Leaps: Fractions, Mixed Numbers, and Decimals on the Number Line

For Students 6th - 8th
n this interactive, students use logic to solve three riddles involving a frog jumping contest and then place the contestants' jumps at the correct points on the number line.
eBook
Math Planet

Math Planet: Geometry: Proofs Using Algebra

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Examples and a video lesson help to explain proofs and logic. [1:57]
Activity
Bryn Mawr College

Serendip: Using Blood Tests to Identify Babies and Criminals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Brief text summary of what students learn in the Using Blood Tests to Identify Babies and Criminals lab along with links to download Student Handouts and Teacher Preparation Notes in PDF and Word formats. The lesson includes two...
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Pigeonhole Principle

For Students 3rd - 8th
What is the possibility that another student in your school will have your exact same initials? Try this math challenge using logical reasoning and the "Pigeonhole principle," to discover how this could actually happen. An engaging...
Activity
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...
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Briefcase Lock

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use logic and reason to figure out what the correct combination of numbers are for the locked briefcase. At this one page website you can also check the solution.