Students collect daily weather types throughout the school year using a spreadsheet program and Meteorologist freeware in order to predict weather changes and compare seasons. An Appleworks worksheet is included.

Pupils read the "Cloud Book" by Tomie de Paola and create a map of clouds identifying atmospheric conditions, color and type, and what type of weather each cloud indicates. Emphasis is placed on the use of Kidspiration.

students study bird migratory patterns and the methods that researchers use to study them. Students are introduced to the concepts of the study of bird movements.The skill of scientific questioning is used to find results.

Second graders create digital picture books reflecting their experiences during the school year on field trips and various classroom activities. Using digital pictures taken during the year, they write captions for each picture and...

Students order numbers and sets of objects from 0 through 10 and organize and interpret information collected from the immediate environment. They read and interpret graphs usin real objects and the computer. Finally, students sort a...

Ninth graders discover what it means to "brainstorm." They explore a given simple number pattern and then, working in groups, brainstorm more complicated number patterns. They display them around the room and then solve the number...

Students study soil and its composition. In this soil composition lesson, students study examples of soil during several days of aeration. Students summarize their data, organize it, and must be able to explain their findings.

Learn both the rationale for problem-based learning, and a simple model of the steps a student can follow to address and solve a problem through logical, critical thinking.

This lesson focuses on critical thinking including a definition, examples, a video of critical thinking in action, logic in critical thinking, questions a critical thinker asks, guidelines for critical thinking, problem-solving, and...

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...

Dissect the eight elements identified which make up the human thought process. Everyone thinks and everyone follows this course to produce thoughts.

Sharpen your logical thinking and see if you can figure out the strategy to get to the target number before the computer.

Understanding mathematical language in problem solving can be a difficult concept to grasp. Sharpen your logical reasoning skills at this test prep site that explains the terms: if, and, or, implies, and only if, as they relate to math....

Using investigation and inquiry skills, young scholars 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...

Six logical problems are defined to challenge students to use critical thinking skills as they tackle these brain-teasers. No answers are provided, but there are some instructions for how to approach the problems.

By using their deductive reasoning skills, children can help Henry and Avril pack a perfect picnic lunch. This activity will provide them with ways to use clues to solve a problem, group objects based on several attributes, and...

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.

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...

A collection of thirty math and logic puzzles that are sure to get students thinking and problem solving.

Trial and error is just one of the problem solving strategies that you could use to solve this bucket problem. After you finish view the solution at this one page website.

Solve a mystery using your reasoning skills. At this site use all the clues and figure out the winner of the Third Strike Contest.

Find out about teaching computational in the classroom, and then link to some classroom resources and student activities to teach these skills.

An article written by Stever Robbins discussing how to become a critical thinker. This is written from a business perspective but the ideas can easily be applied to education.

Find several logic puzzle ranging from "very easy" to "very challenging."