#middle-school

3 pages tagged with "middle-school"

reasoning

if-then: the promise rule — implication explained simply: an "if… then…" is a promise, and there is exactly one way to break it
logic, explained simply — a friendly on-ramp to reasoning and logic for curious minds (around ages 11+): every idea taught as a story plus a game you can try
the straw man trick — the straw man fallacy explained simply: swapping a real point for a sillier fake one that is easy to knock down