Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Types of Sentences
What is "Logic"? What is a "Mathematical sentence"? This website provides definitions of both of these terms and defines examples of mathematical sentences ("open sentence" and "closed sentence") and provides examples of each. Use the...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Negation: Not
Use this website to help you hone your critical thinking and math-problem solving skills. Learn what "Negation," is and how it applies when you are working on mathematical problems and sentences.
Other
Speaking Effectively: Supporting the Talk
This substantial section focuses on supporting the main points of your speech or presentation. Find out how to avoid faulty reasoning and irrational appeals.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp Art Class, Variation 1
Seventh graders explore proportional relationships using paint colors in this lesson.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp Art Class, Assessment Variation
Seventh graders knowledge of proportional relationships is assessed in this lesson plan using the mixtures of paint.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp Robot Races
This lesson plan allows students to explore proportional relationships using information from robot races.
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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Odd Squad: Which Agent Are You?
This quiz from Odd Squad will teach your child algebraic thinking by using their deductive reasoning skills. Children can take the Odd Squad Quiz and find out if they are more like Agent Olive or Agent Otto? Or maybe they're like Ms. O....
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp Art Class, Variation 2
In this lesson plan, 7th graders explore proportional relastionships using paint colors.
Math Planet
Math Planet: Geometry: If Then Statement
If-then statements are explained throught the use of examples and a video lesson. [1:16]
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Working With Sets and Venn Diagrams
A collection of activities that help students understand number relationships by using Venn diagrams to solve math problems. Practice problem solving skills in the interactive practice. Then, follow up with a classroom activity using the...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Recognizing Similes: Fast as a Whip
This lesson is designed to help students review what they have learned in earlier classes and to begin to engage with similes on a deeper and more abstract level. Students will define similes and identify examples; read and analyze the...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Animal Farm: Allegory and the Art of Persuasion
This lesson plan will introduce young scholars to the concept of allegory by using George Orwell's widely read novella, Animal Farm. Through this novel, students will learn what an allegory is, the rhetorical components of an allegory,...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Critical Reading as a Learning Strategy
This tutorial focuses on critical reading using a downloadable PowerPoint presentation, "Critical Reading 101," which includes separating fact from opinion, 6 propaganda techniques, and 6 common fallacies in reasoning. Also provided is...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Driving With Djikstra
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to one of the prominent algorithms in graph theory used to find shortest paths -- the Djikstra Algorithm. The lesson includes four graphs of increasing...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Discrete Mathematics Project: Venn Diagram Activity
A lesson plan on the use of Venn diagrams for problem-solving.
Other
Responsible Thinking: Analyzing Arguments and Evidence
Contains many points to consider when analyzing someone's arguments and evidence, such as the hidden assumptions, cultural assumptions, and testability. Each is explained in a short paragraph with a link to additional discussions on...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Spelling Circle
On this one page website use trial and error to find the words hidden in the spelling circles. Check your solution right at the website.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: What's It Worth?
Use this one page website to practice the problem solving strategy of trial and error! The solution is available right at the website.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Buckets of Thinking
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.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: 1 to 8
Use the clues and problem solving strategy, trial and error, to solve this problem. When you have your solution you can check it right on this one page website.
Disfruta Las Matematicas
Disfruta Las Matematicas: Puzzles De Logica
This site contains many logic puzzles. It could be used as fun supplementary materials. Solutions are also provided.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Sliding Puzzle
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students use the interactive drawing tools in Activstudio to develop their geometric sense by solving a sliding puzzle using different colored squares.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Augustus' Age
Use a simple formula to help you figure out the age of the mathematician Augustus de Morgan. When done, check your results against the solution.