University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Got It
Sharpen your logical thinking and see if you can figure out the strategy to get to the target number before the computer.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Instant Insanity
Excellent interactive challenge working with cube nets to stack them in a specific order. Manipulate the cubes online to solve the problem.
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Seymour Community School District: 10 Rhetorical Devices [Pdf]
A slideshow discussing ten rhetorical devices, with links to examples, in-depth information, and a video. Covers logos, ethos, pathos, analogy, metaphor, irony, personification, rhetorical question, tricolon, and maxims. Presents a...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Brain Boosters
Discovery School offers a terrific "categorized archive of challenging Brain Boosters." Choose from hundreds of engaging activities pertaining to Categorization, Lateral Thinking, Reasoning, Logic, Word and Letter Play, Spatial...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street
Do you know how to get to Sesame Street? This collection is designed to engage preschoolers in everyday learning by teaching core skills in Math, Literacy, STEM, and Social and Emotional Development. Here you'll find hundreds of videos,...
Indiana University
Indiana University: Science vs. Non Science
This mini-lesson at the Evolution and Nature of Science Institute site from Indiana University provides a criteria by which students can evaluate an idea or explanation for scientific credibility.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Peter Abelard
At this site from the Modern History Sourcebook of Fordham University, you can read an excerpt from Abelard's translated autobiography entitled "The Story of My Misfortunes." Includes an informative introduction about Abelard and his life.
Math Cats
Math Cats: Jumping Math Cats
An interactive game where players use problem-solving and logic to jump as many of the math cat faces as possible.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Deductive Reasoning
An explanation and description of deductive reasoning in solving problems at this site from The Math Forum. Simple and helpful information.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: The Missing City
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students examine maps of a crime spree in order to figure out if any locations have been unreported. The lesson is not math-intensive and instead forces students to use...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Tic Tac Toe
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson focuses more on logic and deduction than on formal mathematics. The game of tic-tac-toe is simplified and given different variations, and in each variation students are to...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Geo Logic: How Much of the State Is Wet
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...
Stefan Warner and Steven R. Costenoble
Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus: Rules of Inference
The resource investigates the rules of inference. The tutorial examines substitution, conjunction, and premise. Students learn about the logic concepts through notes and examples. Practice exercises are included.
Stefan Warner and Steven R. Costenoble
Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus: Predicate Calculus
The resource investigates predicate calculus. The tutorial examines propositional calculus, universal quantifiers, mathematical statements, and divisibility. Students learn about the logic concepts through notes and examples. Practice...
Philosophy Pages
Philosophy Pages: Categorical Syllogisms
Provides a detailed look at syllogisms. Sections include the following: "The Structure of Syllogism," "Standard Form," "Form and Validity," and "Diagramming Syllogisms."
Philosophy Pages
Philosophy Pages: A Timeline of Western Philosophers
A online timeline of western philosophers that allows you to click to images and short biographies of many of the great thinkers of the Western world. Site includes a study guide and a dictionary to help students learning philosophy....
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Three Gods Riddle?
You and your team have crash-landed on an ancient planet. Can you appease the three alien overlords who rule it and get your team safely home? Created by logician Raymond Smullyan, and popularized by his colleague George Boolos, this...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Temple Riddle?
Your expedition finally stands at the heart of the ancient temple. But as you study the inscriptions in the darkness, two wisps of green smoke burst forth. The walls begin to shake. The giant sandglass begins flowing with less than an...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve "Einstein's Riddle"?
Before he turned physics upside down, a young Albert Einstein supposedly showed off his genius by devising a complex riddle involving a stolen exotic fish and a long list of suspects. Can you resist tackling a brain teaser written by one...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Infinite Hotel Paradox
The Infinite Hotel, a thought experiment created by German mathematician David Hilbert, is a hotel with an infinite number of rooms. Easy to comprehend, right? Wrong. What if it's completely booked but one person wants to check in? What...
University of California
Understanding Science: The Core of Science: Relating Evidence and Ideas
Learn that the real process of science proceeds at multiple levels and sorts through many ideas, retaining and building upon those that work, and relating the evidence discovered with scientific ideas.
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Boolean Propositional Logic
Introduction to classic, boolean propositional logic. Written in a clear way with little or no technical notation. A great place to start for those beginning to learn about logic.
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R. B. Jones: First Order Predicate Logic
Great introduction to basic ideas in predicate logic. Conveys fundamental ideas without using technical notation. A good place to start.
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R. B. Jones: The Philosophy of Logic
Excellent overview of logic. Defines the term in informative detail, while relating logic to its neighbors in epistemology, metaphysics, and analytic philosophy. A terrific introduction to the subject.