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How I Introduce Conditional Statements

Teaching conditional statements is one of my favorite things. In fact, the entire second unit I teach (logic and proofs) is probably my favorite unit. I love how it stretches students' minds and gets them to think more critically. Since we don't have an honors geometry, it easily levels the playing field for my mixed-abilities geometry classes. One of my students' favorite days in geometry is the first day of our logic and proofs unit. Like most geometry curricula, ours starts with conditional statements. To introduce students to the concept and get them motivated, I teach them to play Minesweeper. Growing up, I had no idea how to play this logical, amazingly addictive game. And then I began teaching high school! Most of the geometry teachers in my school introduce logical reasoning with Sudoku, but since I've been Sudoku-ed out since I was 11, I decided to teach them Minesweeper.  I start by showing off my mad Minesweeper skills by beating a small grid in