Logic & Critical Thinking

Reinforce Scientific Terms, Improve Reference Skills, & Spark Interest in Science!

Grades: 4-6

Critical Thinking, Language Arts, Science

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Science Detective® uses topics and skills drawn from national science standards to prepare students for more advanced science courses and new assessments that measure reasoning, reading comprehension, and writing in science. First, students read lessons that include a variety of charts, tables, and graphs. Then, they answer critical thinking questions to improve their understanding of the science concepts and develop their reading comprehension, and inferential and deductive thinking skills. Students can’t just scan the story for answers—they must carefully analyze and synthesize the information from the text and the charts, tables, and graphs to explain and support their answers. Learn More

Now with 40 New Challenges! Voted one of Parents' Choice Best 25 Toys of 25 Years! Set up the traffic challenge and battle the gridlock as you slide the blocking vehicles out of your way to find a path for your red car to exit! This game features four levels of difficulty, allowing players to progress at their own pace. With 40 all-new challenges, it’s even more bumper-to-bumper fun for all ages! Ages: 8 to adult Players: single player. Features: •Rush Hour Traffic Grid with card storage •40 ALL NEW Challenge Cards from Beginner to Expert with Solutions •15 Blocking Cars and Trucks •1 Red Escape Car •Game-Go Bag Learn More

Traffic Jam Logic Game

. Just like the classic Rush Hour® game, you shift blocking cars and trucks out of your way to clear a path to the exit. The 40 leveled brainteaser challenges are a fun way to build problem-solving skills. Rush Hour Jr. is ideal for younger ages but still plenty of fun for an adult brain! Ages: 5 and up Learn More

Build an Amusement Park in Your Living Room!

Roller Coaster Challenge™

Thrill Ride Building Game

• Featured in Good Housekeeping
• ASTRA Best Toys for Kids Award Winner

In this thrilling engineering challenge, players get to build their very own roller coasters.

Start by choosing a challenge card and setting up the pieces to match.

Then, players use the remaining pieces to build a working roller coaster that meets the build conditions on their challenge card.

Roller Coaster Challenge incorporates elements of a logic puzzle, while also allowing for the creativity that stems from free-form building.

Once you have solved each challenge, you get to watch a real coaster car glide down the track, complete with dips, curves, and loops! 

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The Game for Little Programmers! A Fun Way to Learn to Code! The most backed board game in Kickstarter history sneakily teaches preschoolers the fundamentals of programming, from coding to functions, while making silly turtle noises! Before you know it, your little one will be writing computer games rather than just playing them! Ages: 4 and up. Players: 2 - 5. Features: •Game Board •4 Robot Turtle Tiles •4 Jewel Tiles •36 Obstacle Tiles •4 Bug Tiles •4 Code Card Decks (44 Cards Each) Learn More

This is the Answer Key and Teacher's Guide to Ridgewood Analogies, Book 5. It contains an introduction that explains how analogies work and how students can use them. The rest of the book contains the complete exercises as seen in the student book plus answers. Learn More

This series of books, developed by teachers in the Ridgewood, New Jersey, Public Schools, is based on the curriculum they have been using with their elementary and middle-school students for the past 10 years. Ridgewood Analogies 5 contains an introductory section about how analogies work and some practice exercises. The rest of book 5 is organized by subject areas: • Geography • History and Government • Language Arts • Math Students solve analogies in each of these areas, which enable them to use information they are learning in the subject areas. In all exercises, students provide missing terms in analogies and write out a phrase that describes the particular relationship; for example, a bat is used to hit a ball, just as a racket is used to hit a tennis ball. Teachers then have an opportunity to assess students’ grasp of content, as well as their ability to use analogies to identify relationships and make connections. Grade 8. Learn More

This is the Answer Key and Teacher's Guide to Ridgewood Analogies, Book 4. It contains an introduction that explains how analogies work and how students can use them. The rest of the book contains the complete exercises as seen in the student book plus answers. Learn More

This series of books, developed by teachers in the Ridgewood, New Jersey, Public Schools, is based on the curriculum they have been using with their elementary and middle-school students for the past 10 years. Ridgewood Analogies 4 contains an introductory section about how analogies work and some practice exercises. The rest of book 4 is organized by subject areas: • Geography • History and Government • Language Arts • Math Students solve analogies in each of these areas, which enable them to use information they are learning in the subject areas. In all exercises, students provide missing terms in analogies and write out a phrase that describes the particular relationship; for example, a bat is used to hit a ball, just as a racket is used to hit a tennis ball. Teachers then have an opportunity to assess students’ grasp of content, as well as their ability to use analogies to identify relationships and make connections. grade 7. Learn More

Ridgewood Analogies, Book 3 Guide provides an overview of the usefulness of analogies and examples of how analogical thinking can improve students' skills in other academic areas. Suggestions about pre-analogy activities and an introduction to the workbooks precedes the answers. Learn More

This series of books, developed by teachers in the Ridgewood, New Jersey, Public Schools, is based on the curriculum they have been using with their elementary and middle-school students for the past 10 years. Ridgewood Analogies 3 teaches students how to solve 5 different kinds of analogies that exemplify 5 different kinds of relationships using more complex vocabulary: • Descriptive analogies • Comparative analogies • Serial analogies • Causal analogies • Categorical analogies Within each category, students encounter 4 levels of complexity. In the novice section, students choose 2 out of 6 words within a frame, which are related in the same way, and connect them with an arrow. In the apprentice level, students complete an analogy that is missing 1 word by choosing a word from the Word Bank to complete an analogy. In the masters level students choose 2 words from the Word Bank to complete an analogy. The super masters level provides additional challenge for those students who have mastered the other levels. Grade 6. Learn More

Ridgewood Analogies, Book 2 Guide provides an overview of the usefulness of analogies and examples of how analogical thinking can improve students' skills in other academic areas. Suggestions about pre-analogy activities and an introduction to the workbooks precedes the answers. Learn More

This series of books, developed by teachers in the Ridgewood, New Jersey, Public Schools, is based on the curriculum they have been using with their elementary and middle-school students for the past 10 years. Ridgewood Analogies 2 teaches students how to solve 5 different kinds of analogies that exemplify 5 different kinds of relationships using more complex vocabulary: • Descriptive analogies • Comparative analogies • Serial analogies • Causal analogies • Categorical analogies Within each category, students encounter 4 levels of complexity. In the novice section, students choose 2 out of 6 words within a frame, which are related in the same way, and connect them with an arrow. In the apprentice level, students complete an analogy that is missing 1 word by choosing a word from the Word Bank to complete an analogy. In the masters level students choose 2 words from the Word Bank to complete an analogy. The super masters level provides additional challenge for those students who have mastered the other levels. Grade 5. Learn More

This series of books, developed by teachers in the Ridgewood, New Jersey, Public Schools, is based on the curriculum they have been using with their elementary and middle-school students for the past 10 years. Ridgewood Analogies 1 teaches students how to solve 5 different kinds of analogies that exemplify 5 different kinds of relationships: • Descriptive analogies • Comparative analogies • Serial analogies • Causal analogies • Categorical analogies Within each category, students encounter 4 levels of complexity. In the novice section, students choose 2 out of 6 words within a frame, which are related in the same way, and connect them with an arrow. In the apprentice level, students complete an analogy that is missing 1 word by choosing a word from the Word Bank to complete an analogy. In the masters level students choose 2 words from the Word Bank to complete an analogy. The super masters level provides additional challenge for those students who have mastered the other levels. Grade 4. Learn More

Ridgewood Analogies 1 Guide provides an overview of the usefulness of analogies and examples of how analogical thinking can improve students' skills in other academic areas. Suggestions about pre-analogy activities and an introduction to the workbooks precedes the answers. Learn More

Red Herring Mysteries develops students' inferential and deductive thinking skills for more effective reading, listening, and logical thinking. The activities also encourage creative brainstorming and flexible thinking. Given a seemingly contradictory statement, students must practice good thinking strategies and formulate astute "yes/no" questions to help them discover the solution to each mystery. Resolutions are often funny, adding appeal to the activities. Includes tips, suggestions, answers, a sample questioning session, and graphic organizer sheets to keep track of deductions. Level 2 is for grades 7-12+. (Level 1 for grades 4-6 also available). From The Critical Thinking Company. 60 pages per book.

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Red Herring Mysteries develops students' inferential and deductive thinking skills for more effective reading, listening, and logical thinking. The activities also encourage creative brainstorming and flexible thinking. Given a seemingly contradictory statement, students must practice good thinking strategies and formulate astute "yes/no" questions to help them discover the solution to each mystery. Resolutions are often funny, adding appeal to the activities. Includes tips, suggestions, answers, a sample questioning session, and graphic organizer sheets to keep track of deductions. Level 1 is for grades 4-6 (Level 2 for grades 7-12+ also available). From The Critical Thinking Company. 60 pages per book.

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Skills: Helps develop deductive thinking and basic skills.

Age: 3+

Dimensions: 9" x 9" 2"

Illustrator: Uta Krogmann

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Understanding the critical thinking skills of the 2001 revision of Bloom's Taxonomy is easy with this handy teaching tool. Learn how to ask questions, lead discussions and plan lessons geared to each level of critical thinking: remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating and creating. •Make lesson planning easy. •Handheld, spiral-bound charts. •5 x 6". From Edupress. Learn More

Quick Flip Resources provide great teaching strategies right at your fingertips! Handheld, spiral-bound charts make lesson planning easy. Learn how to ask questions, lead discussions and plan lessons geared to each level of critical thinking. Based on Bloom's Taxonomy. 5" x 6". Supports requirements of Title I and other federally funded programs. Learn More

Primary Analogies, Key, Book 3 provides an overview of the usefulness of analogies for the primary grades and examples of how analogical thinking can improve students' skills in other academic areas. A detailed explaination of how to use the books is provided, followed by a reduced version of each student page, with answers as needed. Learn More

Primary Analogies, Books 1, 2, and 3, introduces young students to sophisticated thinking skills as they learn to read. To introduce the idea of solving analogies, a pre-analogy section gives practice in finding similarities, categorizing, making comparisons, and using Venn diagrams. Primary Analogies, Book 3 has the same format as Book 1, with increasingly difficult words and concepts. Grade 3. Learn More