Critical Thinking Resources For 13 to 18 yo
Critikid's Courses
Social Media Simulator
Teach your kids to spot misinformation and manipulation in a safe and controlled environment before they face the real thing. Recommended for ages 9 and up.
A Statistical Odyssey
Learn about common mistakes in data analysis with an interactive space adventure. Recommended for ages 12 and up.
Logic for Teens
Learn how to make sense of complicated arguments with 14 video lessons and activities. Recommended for ages 13 and up.
Worksheets and Lesson Plans
Symbolic Logic Worksheets
Worksheets covering the basics of symbolic logic for children ages 13 and up.
Middle School Worksheets and Lesson Plans
These lesson plans and worksheets teach students in grades 5-8 about false memories, confirmation bias, Occam’s razor, the strawman fallacy, and pareidolia.
High School Worksheets and Lesson Plans
These lesson plans and worksheets teach students in grades 8-12 about critical thinking, the appeal to nature fallacy, correlation versus causation, the placebo effect, and weasel words.
Statistical Shenanigans Worksheets and Lesson Plans
These lesson plans and worksheets teach students in grades 9 and up the statistical principles they need to analyze data rationally.
Critical Thinking Bundles
Critical Thinking for the Digital Age
Includes 5 items: Homeschool Curriculum, Social Media Simulator, A Statistical Odyssey, Logic for Teens, Symbolic Logic Worksheets.
Teen Bundle
Includes 5 items: A Statistical Odyssey, Logic for Teens, Symbolic Logic Worksheets, High School Worksheets and Lesson Plans, Statistical Shenanigans Worksheets and Lesson Plans.
Critical Thinking Books
Puzzle Books
This book series by Barry R. Clarke features a mix of logic puzzles, lateral thinking challenges, and mathematical brainteasers, often presented with a humorous or whimsical twist. These puzzles require critical thinking skills like breaking problems into smaller parts, questioning assumptions, and thinking creatively.
Becoming a Critical Thinker
Julie Bogart's Becoming a Critical Thinker, is an "accessible workbook...full of valuable insights, thought-provoking questions, and useful exercises to help teens and preteens expand their perspectives, skillfully navigate thorny issues, recognize bias, identify misinformation, and become more comfortable with dissent and differences of opinion".
Does Coffee Cause Cancer?
Part science book, part romantic comedy, this book by Dr. Chrisopher Labos teaches about key issues that make medical research so hard. A medical doctor and epidemiologist goes to a medical conference and bumps into a series of colourful characters, debunking a variety of food myths along the way. Learn about topics such as selection bias, p-hacking, confounding variables, and the basics of epidemiology through this unique blend of genres. Recommended for ages 16 and up.
Critical Thinking Websites
Kialo Edu
Kialo Edu is a free, online discussion platform for educators and students alike. Kialo Edu strives to teach critical thinking by fostering reasoned, inclusive discussions that students are genuinely interested in having, all while making teachers' lives easier. Its ultimate goal is to make the world a more thoughtful place.
Thinking is Power
Run by science educator Melanie Trecek-King, Thinking is Power is a website with videos and articles about critical thinking, information literacy, and science literacy. As it targets adults, it is the perfect complement to Critikid for parents who want to learn alongside their children.
Media Literacy Sites
Gali Fakta
Gali Fakta is a free, 5-minute media literacy game inspired by WhatsApp. It was designed for an Indonesian audience, but can be used by kids (and adults!) from around the world. A study of 1006 participants showed that people who played the game were significantly more inclined to perceive false headlines as less accurate and were less likely to share them.