Sixth graders examine the research that archaeologists have done on a Late Bronze Age shipwreck in order to work out the extent of trade in the Eastern Mediterranean during this period, with emphasis on the involvement of the Mycenaeans...

Learners practice observation skills by discussing physical attributes of family artifacts. They determine what characteristics of an object are considered important details.

Students investigate patterns in the Food Pyramid.  In this patterns in the Food Pyramid lesson, students sort food into different food groups.  Students make patterns with food from different food groups.  Students...

Students compare the Chinese practice of footbinding to the Western practice of wearing corsets to discover universal issues involving women's rights. The lesson emphasizes small group discussions.

Students use split-screen technology which is utilized for an electronic peer review assignment that has students justify whether humans should continue their investigations of the Red Planet or not.

Students discuss the possibility of intelligent life in space. In this space science lesson plan, students decipher a radio message electronically transmitted in space. They create their own extraterrestrial welcome greeting.

Students use mushrooms to solve problems. In this environmental lesson, students study how fungi have been used to combat environmental problems. Students design strategies that employ mushrooms to combat other environmental challenges.

Second graders discuss how to make correct change. In this lesson on money, 2nd graders practice making an amount using the correct number of coins.

For this health worksheet, 5th graders read the paper that is about the nutrition needed. They focus upon the guidelines set for dietary allowances.

Students decide what the most necessary things they should take with them in a survival situation.  In this survival lesson students complete an activity while divided into groups. 

Explore the idea of the logic of scientific reasoning with this discussion of how science, thinking, and reasoning relate to one another.

Find engaging ways to integrate visual art and music into regular classroom instruction and strengthen cognitive thinking skills and abilities to reason creatively from multiple perspectives. Get great classroom questioning tips, case...

A tutorial on reasoning skills focusing on both inductive and deductive reasoning. Has several examples and exercises with answers and discussion.

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

Learn how logic and reasoning play a part in everyday thinking, and how deductive and inductive reasoning leads investigators to conclusions.

Learn what deductive reasoning is and look at examples of how to apply it.

As students work with two great activities - Factor and Classic, they learn how to use logic and reasoning skills.

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...

This tutorial focuses on argumentative essays, longer writings on a well-researched topic with the writer arguing one side of the topic, free of fallacies, and providing several claims. A short YouTube clip of Monty Python shows the...

Brief overview of the definitions of 'inductive' versus 'deductive' reasoning.

This site provides a good explanation of deductive and inductive thinking.

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, 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...

This free encyclopedia site from Wikipedia gives a definition and examples of deductive reasoning. It also has links to related terms and topics.