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**Title:**  Elementary Math Logic Activities and Puzzles

**Introduction:** An area of gifted education that I teach is logic and problem solving. I have many resources in my classroom but am always looking for fun, new ways for students to apply logic and problem solving strategies. Many teachers and parents often request learning activites to stretch the minds of their children. This pathfinder will provide students, parents and teachers with a variety of math logic activities and puzzles.

**Key Terms:** Elementary Math, logic, puzzles, logic grid problems, math word problems, brain teasers, mind benders

**Search Strategies:** I began by using [|www.boolify.org]. I started with math AND logic AND elementary. The first five sites were really good. Then I narrowed my search by adding to the above search with NOT games. I found three more great sites. I then went to [|www.google.com] used the same process. Two more sites were found but I had to look though several before I found the best ones to add to this pathfinder. I narrowed my search by adding NOT books.

1. [] This site has match stick puzzles. These are great to use with all ages. It would be great to use these with an interactive board.
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2. [] Great website. This site is very attractive and has logic activities listed by topic. "Puzzles For the Brain To Gnaw On"

3. [] I found this to be a huge collection of brain teasers, puzzles, and math games. BrainBashers has thousands of puzzles and brain teasers with new material added every day. Great training your brain with special weekend puzzles.

4. [] Many types of puzzles are listed here by type with a rating. There is also a puzzle of the day. This would be great to incorporate into a daily routine.

5. [] Here you can find traditional grid logic problems, which will need to be printed before solving. Most do include a puzzle grid. There are also online puzzle. I will visit this site often.

6. [] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">A large collection of logic problems with tips on how to solve and create strategies to attack these problems can be found here.

7. [] This is one of my favorite sites. It provides great logic games, very common ones and links for a variety of logic puzzles and thinkers. This also has a section for math videos that are really great and hundreds of self-checking word problems for students in grades 1-6.

8. [] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">This is a very unique site. It features paper folding puzzles. The goal is to fold the puzzle into a shape with a solid color on each side. Simply print, cut out and fold to match the finished picture. This would also be great to use with an interactive board. The downloads are available in several different formats.

9. [] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">This is another unique site featuring cryptopics. This site has specific directions and a tutorial. Downloads are available as well as puzzles to print. It did contain a warning...these puzzles can become addicting! (I love it!)

10. [] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Another truly amazing site, a math teachers dream. This site features interactive activities listed by math objective. It contained a great section on logic but it had so much more!

11. [] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">I saved the best for last. Not only is this a fun site, it has every type of logic you can imagine and presented in an attactive format. My students will benefit greatly by using this site. " If you REALLY like exercising your brain, figuring things 'round and 'round till you explode, then this is the page for you!"