Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Using Logical Reasoning to Prove Conjectures About Quadrilaterals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given conjectures about quadrilaterals, the student will use deductive reasoning and counter examples to prove or disprove the conjectures.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Using Logical Reasoning to Prove Conjectures About Circles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given conjectures about circles, the student will use deductive reasoning and counterexamples to prove or disprove the conjectures.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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
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.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Zargon Glasses

For Students 3rd - 8th
On this one page website using logic you can help Zump figure out which combination of glasses go to which members of the 9 families who ordered glasses one day. Check your answer against the solution provided by the website.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Calendar Cubes

For Students 3rd - 8th
Solve this problem using your reasoning problem solving skills. The solution is available on this one page website.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Using Scale Factors: Drawing Your Body to Scale

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Teachers will use this lesson plan 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.
Primary
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Logical Fallacies List: Arguments to Avoid [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a multi-page PDF list of logical fallacies to avoid when writing. These include a detailed list includes fallacies in relevance, reasoning, omission, and ambiguity; and discusses the logic tool "Occam's Razor." This list of...
Interactive
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?
Website
Other

Epsilones: Problemas Pi

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use logic or your knowledge of mathematics to solve this collection of math problems. Solutions are provided. [In Spanish]