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"In the Evolution vs. Creationism debate, it is important to be able to spot all the logical fallacies that Creationists tend to throw around. This essay covers many bare essentials of logical thinking, as well as ways to critically evaluate an argument. The logical fallacies listed here are the ones most often used by Creationists, although Creationists have, to date, used almost every single logical fallacy in existence to "prove" their case. Each fallacy will have its own little paragraph, describing it, why it is fallacious and how to counter it. Enjoy! THE STRAWMAN ATTACK: The strawman is, perhaps, the most heavily-employed tactic used by Creationists. The strawman attack's name comes from the idea of setting up a strawman and knocking it down. The strawman is a false man, metaphorically representing a false argument. The strawman attack is a very dishonest one. Creationists ruthlessly use this tactic to win public support. In essence, the strawman attack is putting words in your opponent's mouth and then attacking the resulting position, while simultaenously evading the real argument."

This is a fun logic game where players must rotate the platforms and objects on the screen to collect tokens and touch the orb. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Educational+Games

Kenken is a logic puzzle game similar to Sudoku, but players are given + - x or ÷ questions to solve the area and complete the grid. This site has a range puzzles at various complexities and difficulty levels. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

A logic game where players must drag objects around to hit targets and get the egg into the cup. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Easter

A fun logic game where players must roll and bounce balls to collect the same coloured tokens. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Educational+Games

A fun logic game where players must use animals to push a sleeping elephant. Probably not quite so much fun for the elephant. Play full screen at http://static.mathplayground.com/logicgames/snoring_sitelock.swf http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Educational+Games

A cute logic game where users must help a bear get honey. Play full screen at http://static.mathplayground.com/logicgames/bear_vs_bee.swf http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Educational+Games

Apologies for the time you are going to spend on this one! This is a truly additive logic game where players have to guide falling sugar into cups. Great fun! http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Educational+Games

A logical thinking game where players have to 'leap-frog' blobs in the correct order to make them all disappear. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Educational+Games

A logic game introduced to me by one of my students. Move a block around a platform trying to fit it into a hole. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Educational+Games

A great Christmas themed logical game where players must connect three of the same face together by swapping some over. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Winter+%26+Christmas

A superb logic game from http://www.coolmath-games.com. Change the colour of the blocks by shooting coloured balls out of a cannon. But it's not always that simple! http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Educational+Games

Ice Breaker is a superb logic game that will provide hours of frustration and delight in equal measure.

This is a fun musical themed logic game where players must direct light particles into containers by placing arrows in the correct places. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Educational+Games

A site with logic games, word searches, crosswords, sudoku and many other puzzles. You can create your own and embed them onto your site. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

A logic science game designed to teach about neutrons and the brain. Connect the neutrons to score points a micrometre at a time. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science

A great logic game where you help Santa by making a track for him to sleigh down to collect presents. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Winter+%26+Christmas

Ice Breaker is a superb logic game that will provide hours of frustration and delight in equal measure. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Winter+%26+Christmas

A fun logic game where players must travel from one platform to another jumping on coloured columns. Great for younger children. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Educational+Games

"This Commentary is thus based on the idea that concepts concerning curriculum, pedagogy and assessment can be organised through the 'work' which they do in enabling discussion and understanding of enduring classroom issues. Perhaps, we reasoned, making this logic explicit could enable progress towards a more robust and sustainable conceptual framework for the professional expertise of teaching. "