Logic and Reasoning Teacher Resources

This lesson plan has students determine the unit rate and then determine the cost.

Explore the term the constant of proportionality and assess learning with a quiz.

Manny Dominguez and Luis Lopez of DobleFlo talk about how their duo got started, how they use math in producing hip-hop music, and set up a music-related algebra challenge. Use music to solve mathematical word problems.

Teachers will use this lesson to review and apply skills involving scale factors. Teachers will use illuminations website to review scale factor. Then students will be given instructions to draw their bodies to scale.

The ABCya Secret Message Maker is a fun way to create, share and solve secret messages! Simply type your message into the maker and press the button to encrypt it! Next you can choose to solve it on the computer, save it or print it out.

The learning resource explores the mathematical riddles embedded in the walls of a palace.

This video lesson [6:45] will demonstrate the use of CPCTC in triangle congruencey proofs. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "CPCTC."

Take a look at this tutorial to see how to find the values that make an open sentence true. [5:59]

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students how to write an indirect proof and provides examples of indirect proofs in Algebra and Geometry.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Write algebraic and geometric indirect proofs.

Let Me Grow is an entertaining puzzle game. Help get water to the thirsty flowers by removing blocks and opening levees. Be careful not to get the garden gnomes wet! Younger children might need help from adults beyond the first six levels.

Golf is a simple but fun physics-based 18 hole challenge. Kids will enjoy the trial and error approach required to get a feel for how the controls work. How low can you go?

Help guide Tiny the Hamster as he stampedes through the city is this classic endless-runner. You'll need to dodge cars, jump over signs, and eat some cookies as you make your way through this metropolis.

The Fuzz Bugs are back in search of treasure! Help the fuzz bug avoid obstacles by jumping to different platforms and avoiding the mean little creatures out to get our fuzzy friend. Collect coins to earn awesome power-ups and gobble up...

This is a four-problem practice question for the CARS test using the article "The Human Footprint in Mexico".

We need your help to design a robot! Gather the resources needed to build your robot by completing levels.

Given an unlimited number of a specific type of equilateral, isosceles, and right triangles create as many tetrahedra as are possible. Includes printout.

A lesson based on the story, "Oliver's Fruit Salad," where students explore the concept of proportional reasoning through modeling, student sharing, and questioning. A great introductory lesson for this concept that is sure to engage...

This article, originally published in Skeptical Inquirer, outlines some of the key components of the scientific problem-solving process while addressing the many reasons for the popularity of paranormal beliefs in the U.S. (Published in...

Twenty-five problems cover the topic of logic and proof in different geometry settings. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click the "View Solution"...

In this enrichment game, the nets for nine solids are displayed. The twist is that each net has been cut into two pieces. The challenge is find the pieces that go together.

A book excerpt, this page discusses John Venn's "simple, geometric method for checking the validity of syllogisms," with diagrams, examples, and related links.

See if you can solve this classic problem that Leonhard Euler first presented in 1736. Use the interactive section of this website to help you.

Do your logic skills need sharpening? Use the interactive code breaker to at this one page website to do just that! The solution is available to double check your solution.